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We have none this week and I'm gonna open up to the consent agenda We didn't have a core agenda item. Yeah, that's right Yeah, thank you supervisor Gibson I'm going to go ahead and move. I'm going to go ahead and move. I'm going to go ahead and move. I'm going to go ahead and move. I'm going to go ahead and move. I'm going to go ahead and move. I'm going to go ahead and move. I'm going to go ahead and move. I'm going to go ahead and move. I'm going to go ahead and move. I'm going to go ahead and move. and Disability Action Planning, Grant and San Luis of the Spoke County Master Plan on AG, staff is amending the staff report to correct the link to access the full report. And then it lists the link. And then the credits of the Brown Act have been satisfied as notice is posted prior to the San Luis Obispo requirement. Yeah, thank you. It was a nice team effort really appreciate that Okay, so I'm an open public comment on the consent agenda and I have a couple of Here I have Penny bornstein Dr. Bornstein and then Lisa's is for later. So Dr. Bornstein, please Please please. Professor Public Health Director. You got me now. So thank you members of the board. I'm here to acknowledge that this is National Public Health Week. April 6th through 12th, 2025. And a couple of things I want to say quickly is we stood here about a year ago and talked about the 100th anniversary of our glorious public health department. About two years ago we put an end or the nation did to our COVID epidemic pandemic and public health really was in the spotlight at that time. We had most of our employees working as disaster services workers and public health really shined as a public safety organization. Our work however goes well beyond controlling infectious diseases. one of the most important strengths of our public health department is its focus on prevention. There are many studies in the medical and social service literature that cite prevention as saving considerable money over time. To cite just one example, a dollar spent on nurse home visiting results in a $5.74 sent savings over the long term. In law enforcement, in corrections, in mental health, substance abuse, and homelessness. Other examples of public health and action are walking or biking to today's meeting, filling up your gas tank without it exploding, having food free from infection and healthy tap water. Thanks to the routine vaccinations, we have seen many lives saved. And other public work is halting current and emerging threats from addiction and overdose in infectious diseases, and infectious diseases, bioterrorism, and more. In addition to the important work we do in prevention and disease control is outreach and education, any number of examples there, through WIC, tobacco control, dementia prevention, and a myriad of other community-wide efforts where we message the public and ultimately result in saving lives. Overall our work happens quickly, quietly and routinely and thus may be taken for granted. I want to thank all of our amazing staff who do this type of public health and safety work on a daily basis. And finally I want to say thank you to your board and boards before you over the decades who have had strong and consistent work in the public health provisions as a foundation for a full healthy life that we all want and the kind of thriving community we all want for our county. Thank you for the opportunity to shed some light on the work of your public health department and to acknowledge National Public Health Week 2025. Thank you, Dr. Borenstein. Okay. Any other public comment on the consent agenda? I don't see any. Okay, so with that I'm going to close the consent agenda and bring it back to the board. We don't do roll call. Yeah, so anyway, we are here back at the board now and I see two lights on and I will start with supervisor Paul Ding. Thank you chair. Good morning everyone. I just wanted to highlight again item number seven. That's Public Health Week and I thank everybody in our Public Health Department and all of the non-profit service providers and the continuum for the hard work that they do to ultimately save lives as Dr. Borrentine said. Thank you. Okay thank you. Supervisor Gibson. Thank you Madam Chair. I want to I want to echo Supervisor Paul Dings shout out to all the folks who work in public health. I think it's it's easy for us to get complacent about it Dr. Boranstein reference their quick quiet and routine efforts to preserve the public's health. I think it's instructive if you have a minute to look back 100 or 125 years when public health as promoted especially by local governments became to the fore and the scourge of disease infection, a variety of things that were exceedingly troubling were taken on by aed effort, and our lives today are better for it as they just becomes part of the background. That's why it's particularly concerning to me to see that complacency turn to a form of opposition and criticism, especially at the federal level. But I'm proud that our public health folks working here at the local level continue this proud tradition. So hats off to you all. Thank you for the work that you do. Thank you, supervisor Gibson. Any other items that the board would like to speak to? Seeing no lights on, I will bring it back to me and I would like to go over a couple of items. Just comments. Item three is a request to appoint Nairi Kacho a Jojian as representative of the airport land use commission for district three. I just want to say thank you for serving. Nairi, I saw you come in and I were really happy to have you. Come to the airport land use commission. That's a real honor for us and great place to put your expertise. I have a real honor for us and a great place to put your expertise. Item seven, the National Public Health Week, as somebody who has done numerous medical missions with my dad overseas over the years, I know what it's like for people who don't have a public health department. And when we would come to a village, people would flock for all sorts of reasons trying to find the kinds of things that we do take at times for granted. Mostly vaccinations, but other forms of ocular health, all sorts of health care that they're looking for because they just don't have the access. And so I just want to shout out to our department for their great work in making sure that we're keeping our public safe and all the things that you do every day in regards to our overall health of the community. And then quickly on item 19, this is a children's crisis continuum pilot program. We have been talking about the fact that we didn't have or Nardos Santa Barbara County have a crisis unit for children and that we've having to ship children out of the county, which is extremely stressful for families and those children. And the fact that our departments have come together with the County of Santa Barbara and finding a path to create four beds is truly amazing and so good luck on that we'll be watching and thank you for your dedication to those kids and families and lastly I think that's it. Oh item 20. Item 20 is a really important item because you know a lot of people talk about the homeless division and the cost of the homeless division and how we divvy up the money and how it's actually applied. And really what the homeless oversight commission did is that they really created a format to be able to make sure that we're equally distributing the money that it's going with accountability that we know that we're going to actually be putting those funds into changing people's lives and getting the services and support that's needed throughout this county which goes all the way from North County all the way down to South County. It's quite a breadth of area to span and so they've come up with their kind of rules of engagement and in giving up the grant money. So good work there and with that I'll take a motion to approve. I'm chair point of information. Yeah. Yeah. I turn on the slip for item 26 that was on consent. We'll be checking. Not on consent. No move it off consent. It's not on consent. It's board business. You'll have a chance. Okay. Thank you. Chair I will move approval of consent agenda. the whole consent agenda, including the addendum to item 27. Second. Supervisor Paul Deane? Yes. Supervisor Gibson? Yes. Supervisor Pashong? Yes. Supervisor Moreno? Yes, ma'am. Inchappers and Ortiz Leic. Yes. Very good. Thank you. Okay, now we're going to move to our consent agenda presentations. And we're going to start with item 21, a resolution in memory of Mary Bianchi. And we'll wait for everybody to clear the room and then we'll have supervisor Paul Ding present for us. And I don't know who's coming to the forefront. Dr. Stargraber and Frank are gonna come forth for this resolution. Okay. Okay, it would be, it is my honor to read this resolution in memory of Mary Bianchi for her seven years of service as a member of the County of San Luis Pespo Behavioral Health Board. Whereas the San Luis Pespo County community mourns the loss of longtime resident advocate, advisor, community volunteer and leader Mary Bianchi, who passed away on November 4th, 2024. And whereas Mary Bianchi leaves a legacy of service and dedication to causes and concerns which she spent much of her life working to remedy and bringing many others along in the process of improving the environment and life for the county's most vulnerable. And whereas Mary Bianchi spent 32 years on the central coast, working as a University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, and led advances on local issues of urban agriculture, natural resource management, food safety, and sustainability, and launched the local UC Master Gardener Program in 1995. And whereas Mary Bianchi also recognized and was passionate about the issues surrounding perinatal drug and alcohol use in contributing to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, which are a significant challenge in keeping the county healthy, safe, and prosperous. And whereas Mary Bianchi was a voice for the children who are undiagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and who struggle with severe emotional disorders and untreated learning disabilities, and was an exemplary community advocate who, along with her mother and former county supervisor Shirley Bianchi helped the county design and establish Martha's place children's assessment and treatment center the first of its kind on January 8th 27th 2007 and whereas Mary Bianchi continued her service to support improved mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention strategies representing the health and well-being and concerns of children and youth in San Luis, as a volunteer member of the behavioral health board beginning July 2017 and until her passing. And whereas Mary Bianchi's tenure on the behavioral health board included active roles in membership recruitment, review of the Mental Health Services Act Plan, and encouragement of the Health Agency Behavioral Health Department's improvement of data collection and reporting. And whereas Mary Bianchi extended her role on the Behavioral Health Board to represent the issues and concerns of the board as an active participant on various community panels, including the Preventative Health Grant Committee and as a member of Cal Poly Substance Abuse and Use Community Committee. And whereas Mary Bianchi was a well-respected community leader who forged critical alliances across organizations to establish a child advocacy center in the county in November 17th, 2023. In collaboration with the County District Attorney's Office, the Health Agency's suspected abuse response team and the Center for Family Strengthening. So child and youth victims receive equitable attention and compassionate care and a welcoming, child-appropriate family-focused setting. And whereas, the county recognizes that Mary Bianchi provided much-needed insight and wisdom in advising the health agency on the importance of preventing adverse child outcomes, developing data and processes for system improvement, and encouraging other community members to take an active role in behavioral health advocacy. Now therefore, be it resolved and ordered that the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, hereby, post-humously, recognizes and honors the memory and outstanding volunteerism and leadership provided by Mary Bianchi for her seven years as a member of the behavioral health board and her life committed to improving the lives of others in San Luis Obispo County. Be it also resolved that Mary Bianchi is honored for her exceptional service and invaluable contributions to the County of. I'm going to go to the next slide. I'm going to go to the next slide. I'm going to go to the next slide. I'm going to go to the next slide. I'm going to go to the next slide. I'm going to go to the next slide. I'm going to go to the next slide. I'm going to go to the next slide. I'm going to go to the next slide. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.ber, please. Yes. Good morning. Thank you, Board of Supervisors, for this honor of Mary Bianchi. Mary has been involved in our department and in our behavioral health programs since 2017. She was a person who was a collaborator. And I love the way that she would bring together people. And then she would turn over and ask the little question, how can we make this better? How can we intervene earlier? What can we do to help? And that kind of spirit of problem-solving collaboration, creativity really helped move forward some of our programs. One of the things, for example, that she was involved with was Martha's Place as a board member of Martha's Place. And remember, Fido alcohol syndrome effects can be seen usually at a person's birth. Sometimes maybe not tell age one or age three when they become with adverse childhood effects. She would say how can we get those interventions earlier? How can we prevent all of the juvenile justice costs and the school learning disabilities and so forth? And so I really want to honor Mary, the president, the chairperson of the behavioral health board is here, Barbara and family members of Mary Bianchi. So thank you. Thank you, Dr. Graber. Lisa Frazier? Board of Supervisors, my name is Lisa Frazier. I serve as the executive director of the Center for Family Strengthening. We are the nonprofit in San Luis Obispo County serving as the designated child abuse prevention counsel since 1987. I'm here today because Mary Bianchi served on the Center for Family Strengthening Board of Directors. I came to know Mary through her mother, Shirley Bianchi. It was through this relationship when we formed a very active group of people who were advocating for Mars's place to exist. This was very important to Mary because Martha was her niece. Today I'm with Mary's family here representing the good work and the leadership that Mary provided to this community. So it's kind of a very significant time because this is April Child Abuse Prevention Month. I continue to work with many of the colleagues I'm here with today to do many, many good things to help prevent child abuse. And we do that in ways like Dr. Bornstein said in very quiet ways. You don't really see it maybe except for whatever measurements we can provide through anecdotal stories, through metrics. But again, it is really the whole person, the whole family that we need to support and strengthen in this county. And I'm very grateful for this honor and to recognize Mary and her legacy and her mother's legacy. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Frazier. Any other public comment on behalf of Miss Bianchi? Okay. I think we're in Averhault. The family has arrived and we want to make sure that Kathy has a chance to have the voice of the Biankeys here. I thought I was out because I didn't put a slip in. Oh no, you can do more than welcome. Just very quickly, I just want to say thank you for honoring Mary. It's been said many times since she's passed. She was a light and sometimes very dark world. She's one of the hardest workers that I knew. And just like my mom, once she set her mind to something, she was going to that task, no matter what it took. She was one of my biggest champions, even as an adult. And that bled over to caring for the least among us in this county. She fought for the mentally ill. She was a diehard from Martha's place and fought for that. And all the other things that, you know, wonderful presentation mentioned. One of the things I wanted to say is that, you know, trying to figure out what to say today, I thought about what Martin Luther King said and he said that life's most persistent and urgent question is what are you doing for others. One of the other things he said is a simple act of caring is heroic. And I think that that epitomizes Mary and her life. And I just, I hope we keep that in mind going forward with everything that's on the plate right now. And thanks again, I really appreciate your time for what you've done for her. Thank you. Please Barbara. Hello, thank you so much to the Board of Supervisors for making this proclamation possible. I'm Barbara Levinson, chair, current chair of the behavioral health board and was privileged to work with Mary and just recognize her passion for children and families in the county. And she was always there to give me good advice. We had to go through some kind of sticky situations and she was there asking the good questions and helping me come up with some good answers in a tough time when we had to tell a conference. And there was all these barriers to real effective collegiality. And so anyway, I just wanted to acknowledge the role of the board in making this proclamation possible on behalf of all of the members that voted to put it forward. So thank you so much. Thank you, Barbara. Any other public comment? Please go ahead. Good morning. Good morning. My name is Kelly Wilson and I'm a county employee in the District Attorney's Office. I'm contracted by the California Victim Compensation Board to process payments of expenses incurred by victims of crime in their family. This is my experience of being lucky enough to know the Bianchi family in their legacy that is Martha's place. I met Shirley Bianchi in 2004 and I remember being intimidated by her wit and fire. It was an event that I attended as an intern with the Victim Witness Assistance Center and I was told that her presence was important. It wouldn't be long before I knew and respected her myself. In 2007, I met her daughter Mary at a 20th anniversary event for Victim Witness, the same years the dedication of Martha's place. She had the same wit and fire, but a laugh that let me know she wasn't as intimidating. I met another of Shirley's daughter, Kathy, while she was on patrol for slow PD. She had to pass by my office to go to court, and we would chat. Another Bianchi woman with wit and fire, but this one carried a gun in a badge. Now I call her one of my best friends who is passionate about carrying on the representation of her mother and sister. Throughout the years Mary and I worked in peripheral circles with similar efforts of service to our community. In 2018 she invited me attend and join a mock-pock meeting. I didn't ask her what that was but I couldn't say no to Mary. She tried to sell it to me by describing to me some other people involved. Dr. Optal Kotter as the best pediatrician, Bruce Gibson, a politician, but with a heart of gold. Told her I already said yes, I would see her at the next meeting. I researched what a mock-pock was and prepared to listen to some great people. After a few meetings, learning about the program and its team, Martha's place became part of the inspiration I take for the continued drive to help our counties most vulnerable. The team is made up of individuals who depend on Martha's Place for employment through service to their communities. Many have been there for years, some since its opening. They make and keep Martha's Place a beacon of hope for many families. It was the grief of losing a niece and great-grandchild, Martha Johnston, that the Bianchi family wanted to prevent others from experiencing the loss of a child. This, by giving children younger than five, when their brain development is most vulnerable, a chance at a functional life with the best assessments for medical developmental, social, and emotional needs, and the offer of referrals to services and resources that see that those needs are met. Thus providing the child the tools for the resiliency they need to grow from their trauma or crime-induced abuse or neglect and or prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol. Since 2019 through a collaboration between CASA victim compensation, we established protocols and a line of connections to serve foster children in need We have a lot of time to start with the process. We have a lot of time to start with the process. We have a lot of time to start with the process. We have a lot of time to start with the process. We have a lot of time to start with the process. We have a lot of time to start with the process. We have a lot of time to start with the process. We have a lot of time to start with the process. And I'm not sure if she's a good person. I'm not sure if she's a good person. I'm not sure if she's a good person. I'm not sure if she's a good person. I'm not sure if she's a good person. I'm not sure if she's a good person. I'm not sure if she's a good person. I'm not sure if she's a good person. I'm not sure if she's a good person. Shirley Bianchi was a strong and loud voice for the well-being of all children in San Luis Bistbo County. She showed us how to advocate and lead. Her legacy will inspire all of us as we carry on our good work. Martha's place added that she showed us how to lead when a group of committed community stakeholders created and named Martha's place. We carry Shirley's advocacy and leadership legacy with us as we build upon our accomplishments. and strived to prioritize equitable resources for child well-being in Sanosavispo County. To this Mary Bianchi replied, Shirley had an amazing talent for turning tragedy into progress. We know that Martha's place was an effort that brought her great relief in her own life and contributed to improvements in the lives of so many children and their families. Her faith and hope for the staff of Martha's Place and the children and families they serve will be one of her greatest legacies. I'd say that Mary promised to keep that legacy alive and her action showed us her commitment to do so. When Mary got sick, she was silenced. Her loudest cheers for others' accomplishments, her ideas, her encouragement were suddenly quiet. It just wasn't fair for her to be trapped in quiet torture when she was the one who took care of everything and everyone. Her family rallied around her with the small glimmer of hope that she could somehow convince the world to heal her, heal her, the world let them down. But we don't have to. The importance of keeping a vision in later Mary's work in Legacy Live falls on the rest of us. The community, the government and the people we serve. The first and best way to do this is to keep Martha's place open for future generations of children who depend on their services. The rest of us who will depend on those children to one day serve the people, the government and the community. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay, we'll close public comment and we will bring it back to the board. Supervisor Gibson. Thank you, Madam Chair. It's just a real shame that we're presenting this resolution post-humansly because Mary richly deserved to be here in the room. Although I know it would have made her more than a little uncomfortable to hear her praise song as it as it rightfully should be. I first intersected Mary through mockpock which by the way stands for Model of Care Partners Committee that advised on Martha's place. And indeed, she carried the same fire as her mother, the same commitment to children who were in a situation that was dire on the one hand, but solvable on another. And that sense of hope moving forward motivated her. I will also add that Mary was relentless in her promotion of Martha's place and all the things that she did. So to know her was one of the great pieces of good fortune in my life. I send my love to the family for to celebrate the life of a remarkable person. Thank you for being here. Supervisor Paul Ding? Thank you Madam Chair. It was my honor to read the resolution today honoring Mary's memory. I also had the pleasure serving on the behavioral health board with her and while my attendance record on the behavioral health board hasn't been great She was there. I know at every meeting doing the hard work and it takes that hard work by our volunteers and our community that have that That desire to ensure that the services that our county provides improve and that we meet the needs of the most vulnerable and she was that advocate. She exemplified that spirit and so I'm happy that our board can honor her in this way today and my best to the family. Thank you. I also got to serve on the behavioral health board with Mary Bianchi and I am really happy that we get to go through the list, the big long list of actions that really made a difference in children's lives. And the families that suffer when they find out that there had been something go wrong, so to speak. And it's just, I mean, that Martha's place is just an incredible asset for us and continues to be such an important part because we have Feetal alcohol syndrome happening and going undetected and then ending up over in the sheriff's department or things like that So we really a very important step so thank you very much for being here and coming and joining us recognizing Mary Bianchi Okay, we'll move on now to item 22 and this is a resolution for claiming April 6th through 12th 2025 as San Luis Paso County National Public Safety Telecommunications Week and I will ask supervisor Pashon to read it who should we have come for I think we will have the sheriff come forward He's standing up at least So please come forward sheriff right. Thank you. So this is a resolution proclaiming April 6th through the 12th, 2025, as San Luis Obispo County National Public Safety Telecommunicators week in the County of San Luis Obispo. Whereas Congress of the United States has established the second full week of April as National Telecommunicators week. And whereas emergencies that require law enforcement or emergency medical services can occur at any time. And whereas a Corps of dedicated public safety telecommunicators serve the County of San Luis Obispo. And whereas the County of San Luis Obispo considers the services of the public safety telecommunicators to be vital and to the vital interest of the community. San Luis Obispo Sheriff dispatchers average an answer an average of 4,350 911 calls a month and the county fire dispatchers at an average of 399 911 calls a month. And whereas the services of the public safety telecommunicators is a silent service, and their duties are seldom observed by the public. And whereas the professional public safety telecommunicators is the vital link between citizens in need and emergency responders, facilitating the protection of life, property, and public safety. And whereas the safety of our law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service providers is dependent upon the quality and accuracy of information obtained from citizens who telephone the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Public Safety Dispatchers. And whereas public safety dispatchers are the first and most critical contact our citizens have during emergency services. And whereas public safety dispatchers are the single vital link for our law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical service providers by monitoring their activities via radio, providing them information and ensuring their safety. Whereas public safety dispatchers of the county have contributed substantially to the apprehension of criminals and treatment of patients. And whereas each public safety dispatcher has exhibited compassion, understanding and professionalism during the performance of their duties during the past year. Now therefore be it resolved in order that the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, does hereby proclaim the week of April 6th through April 12th, 2025, as San Luis Obispo County National Public Safety Teleicators Week, and join in honoring the men and women whose diligence and professionalism keep our county and citizens safe. I hope I signed it. I ask all of our staff to come up front. Yeah. I hope I signed it. Take the toughest one. staff to come up front. I had just worked with the Greek Selaykinos. I had just worked with the Greek selection. Thank you. Sheriff Parkinson. You know, it's kind of tough to follow anything mentioning the Bianchi family. They are all contribute so much to this county, but I'm going to do my best because we're're also gonna recognize some of other heroes in the room. You know, I'm gonna, the proclamation really covered a lot what they did, but I wanna take you back for just a moment in my time, about four decades ago, where I was a young officer and it was a regular duty for us to cover dispatch. And would go in why they took a break or Needed extra assistance and at that time we used it was pretty common to use a time stamp machine So we had cards and you'd write activity for calls or traffic stops and you'd time stamp it and Make our answer phone calls Those times of long past past. As a matter of fact, I would venture to say that if I walked into the dispatch center to help, they would probably ask me to please leave. The amount of technology, the knowledge that they have to have to learn the job is just tremendous. The skills that they have have changed dramatically. They are emergency medically dispatched trained, which means when a caller calls in with their medical emergency, they can actually walk them through life-saving measures, which they do on a regular basis. The training technology is one thing, and they're obviously skilled. If you ever go into a dispatch center, you realize how skilled they really are, and how difficult a job it is. I think what people sometimes don't really realize is the fact that they have an emotional toll, just like law enforcement does, in dealing with the victims. They deal with the victims over the telephone. They deal with the victims in crisis. They have to calm them at the same time. They also have to dispatch medical services or law enforcement services. They many time are witness to what is occurring firsthand. As you mentioned, they are the point of contact for the Sheriff's Office and County Fire. Very difficult job and something that people don't always put together. They are truly heroes for what they do. I really believe that. And the other thing I just wanted to mention, you guys are very well aware of the fact that we're building our co-located center. I have our partners in crime back here, the fire department, county fire, the fire chief. I want to say our appreciation for that center, they deserve a state-of-the-art center that is actually needed for their progress, their office. And I think the county has stepped up and done that for them. We're going to have an amazing center very soon. And we will actually become a more efficient county because we'll be co-located with County Fire in the same center. So our efficiency of turning around emergency calls for service will expedite rather than have it transferred to a different center. I know I speak for county fire, Cal Fire, that their center is grossly inadequate, ours is as well, but that will all change here very soon. So I want to end with thank you on behalf of our dispatchers for giving them a new home, moving. as well, but that will all change here very soon. So I want to end with thank you on behalf of our dispatchers for giving them a new home moving into the future. So thank you. Thank you very much, Sheriff Parkinson. Any other comment, public comment on this item? If not, I'm going to bring it back to the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Moreno. Thank you for pointing out that they are so often behind the scenes. You know, we see, you know, you think of officers on the street and they're the ones that we see doing the work, but there are those behind the scenes. They're doing no less important critical work to our community. And so thank you all who are part of that team. Supervisor Paul Ding. Thank you chair. Growing up in a law enforcement family my dad worked for slow PD way back in the day with Sheriff Parkinson but a lot of the conversations I remember as a kid were the conversations he had with this batch and the work that you would do and how important that was and so I know I'm important the work you do is and thank you for your service to the community. Supervisor Prashan? Yeah, I just want to thank you for saving my life. I was one of those people a few years ago that called so you do an incredible job and really it's very difficult circumstances that you deal with on a daily basis and thank you for all you do. And Supervisor Gibson. I'll echo my colleagues' comments and it's a great pleasure to see at least some of you here in the Chambers, because I'd much rather be talking to you here than on the phone. Yeah, thank you. And from my heart, I also gratitude for your work in knowing how challenging it must be, as well as the training that you continually need to take in all of the things. But I'm really happy we're getting you a new home and I think that's going to be great. So thanks for being here. We're really honored to recognize you today. Okay. Thank you. Now we're on our last presentation this morning, which is a resolution proclaiming the month of April 2025 to be sexual assault awareness month. And I'll ask our Luminoliance partner to come forward and supervise Marino's going to read. And a Luminoliance dancer to read the proclamation. Whereas sexual assault awareness month calls attention to the fact that sexual assault is widespread and impacts every person in San Lois Obispo County and whereas Luminous Alliance provides essential and life-saving services for survivors their children and families throughout San Lois Obispo County and Whereas sexual assault can result in physical injury, psychological trauma and even death. The devastating consequences of sexual assault can cross generations and can last a lifetime. And whereas there is a necessity to focus on the individualized requirements of sexual assault survivors. And whereas the marginalization of certain groups in society, including undocumented individuals, transgender individuals, and those living with disabilities increases their vulnerability to sexual assault. And whereas Luminon Alliance continues to provide a safe environment to those affected by sexual assault with a 24-hour crisis line, advocacy, therapy, transitional and emergency housing, and prevention education with the help of dedicated volunteers and professionals. And whereas LumaNat Alliance has received over 2,000 calls to the crisis and information line, provided housing for 171 emergency shelter clients, including 70 children, and provided more than 4,200 hours of therapy. And whereas LumaNat Alliance serves as a bright light during dark times for survivors of sexual assault illuminating a path towards safety and healing. And whereas the county recognizes the efforts of Lumina Alliance and how every segment of our society can work together in addressing sexual assault to help survivors connect with services. Now therefore be it resolved in order that the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, does hereby proclaim the month of April 2025 to be a sexual assault awareness month in the County of San Luis Obispo. Thank you. Thank you so much to each of you. We've long enjoyed the support of the Slow County Board of Supervisors and just appreciate it ongoing. I also do want to recognize our newest Supervisor, Marino, is one of our star dancers for Lumen and Knights this year. We sold out Friday and Saturday night, so we had to add an extra night, so there are tickets available. It's May 1st, 2nd and 3rd up in the taskadero, Heather and I's hometown. So super excited and really appreciate the support and the awareness you're bringing to it by participating. For over 40 years, Lumina Alliance has been a steadfast source of support for survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence. Our mission is to empower those impacted through innovative advocacy, healing, and prevention programs. April's Sexual Assault Awareness Month, SAM, a time dedicated to uniting communities in the fight to end sexual violence. First launched in 2001, I've been doing the work that long, I remember the first year, SAM has grown into a powerful movement of advocacy, collaboration, and education. More than 20 years later, it remains a vital opportunity to raise awareness about the impacts of sexual violence, both locally and nationwide, while working toward a safer, more just future. This year, we're shining a light on the resilience of survivors and the often overlooked realities of sexual violence in our community. While anyone can experience sexual assault, some groups, including undocumented individuals, transgender people, and those living with disabilities, face unique barriers to safety and support. This April, we affirm our commitment to ensuring that every survivor is seen, heard, and empowered. Together, we are illuminating pathways to a future where all survivors have the resources and support they need to heal. Please remember if you or anyone you know is experiencing sexual or intimate partner violence and needs help, to please call our 24-hour crisis hotline at 805-545-8888 to speak to one of our confidential advocates. In closing, we're so grateful for this proclamation and your ongoing support. On behalf of Luminol Alliance's Board of Directors, staff and our volunteers, we thank you all for taking action this month to create a safe, thriving and equitable community. Thank you. Thank you, Luminoliance, for all you do. Any other public comment on this item? Seeing none, I'm going to close public comment and bring it back to the board and Supervisor Gibson. Thank you, Madam Chair. This is one resolution that I wish we didn't have to do. And we do it year and every year brings to mind the remarkable work that folks who work in this field do and so my gratitude to them hope they're taking care of themselves as they take care of so many others. Thank you for being here, Jen. Yeah, supervisor Moreno. Thank you, Jenny, for your hard work. I've known you for a number of years and you are so dedicated and your whole team I'm proud to be dancing from transitional housing But there are so many others that are they're supporting all the programs and the work you do is so important So thank you. Yeah, supervisor Prashan. I just want to thank you for the difficult job that you do you do it with grace grace and professionalism, and also, good to know that you have a lot more tickets to sell. So for anybody listening out there that would like to support your organization, I would recommend it. I will also, and see Heather Moreno, Supervisor Heather Moreno dance. I will be donating money because she has strong armed me into it. Very good. Supervisor Paul Ding. I too look forward to attending one of your fundraisers. I know it's more important that ever right now given some of the challenges with federal funding. So appreciate the work that you do and your staff and proud to support. Yeah, thank you. You know, I just can't say enough about the efforts of Illumina Alliance. Not only are you there for every kind of survivor, and there are so many, and there are people who every day have an impact that sticks with them, and that it's very hard to get over without the support of an organization like Illumina Alliance. From the most tragic to just the subtle, it can impact a person's life and you've really brought that education to us. And I also want to recognize your voracious ability to raise and take care of your own by doing the kinds of things that you do with with the dancing with the stars. I think it's so critically important and we are continuing. I know I talked with the district attorney continuing to lobby for those victim of crime acts money in Washington to make sure that we can continue to do this critically important work. So thank you for being here. All right. Let's move on now to public comment for items that are not on our agenda. And I have a group of speaker slips here and we'll start with Ms. Rochelle Toti, followed by David Yoey. the makeshift traveler, which is this. I have landed on to you the laminated manual that's included with the backpack. To give you a little backstory, in February, I was at the Vans on Grand Avenue. This is the sleeping bag. And outside the Vans was a young woman wrapped in a blanket. It was raining. She had no place to go. And I talked with her for a short while and helped determine that the warming center was not going to open that night. And went to, to nearby locations, St. Barnabas and goodwill, to look for a sleeping bag for her. And I found one, but it was not great quality. But both those organizations said they get very few sleeping bags. So I started thinking we need some sleeping bags that we can give to our unhoused population. And about a week later, I was watching the 10 o'clock news on KSBY, and a young man named Zach Clark was on. And he had the makeshift traveler. It's a solar panel on it. This cover comes off, by the way. And then it has this little port where you put your phone cord and the solar panel charges your phone. I sent you an email yesterday and I hope you've had time to look at it, which shows a YouTube clip of people who are actually using the backpack. So it has a Phillips head screwdriver in there. It has a little radio, has a poncho, has a water bottle, all the things listed on there. And I am making two requests. One is that you invite Zach Clark to come give you an in-depth presentation on how he developed this. And secondly, that you consider purchasing them or talking to the various councils and organizations providing support so that they might get in touch with him and purchase them for use. Any questions? No, thank you. Okay, over the presentation. Thank you. Okay. Oh, for presentation. Thank you. Okay. And after David will be Sherry Hafer. Please David. Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me, they'll prepare us to table before me in the presence of the inenemies, but I David Yo from Moro Bay will not sit at the table and break bread with thieves, liars, and murderers. I ask the county in your support not to supply financial benefits to corporations, bonds, individuals that might contribute to this community. This is a wonderful community. The beauty and the splendor that these people have offered. I am proud to be a member of San Luis Bistbo community. But please, when you make your decisions, keep in mind that corporations and businesses that you might involve may have ties to Israel. I am not an anti-Semite. I have lived 73 years of my life following the laws of your Judeo-Christian beliefs. I am an anti-zionist. For Zionism does not respect the laws of Judaism. There are people, this whole nation, this world over, that are marching in the streets, that are willing to risk their jobs, their educational backgrounds, losing friends and family to support people they don't even know. And it's a beautiful thing to see that these people are willing to stand up for goodness and right. No one, no one, will ever march for Israel. No one will ever march for Zionists. I implore you, please, in your choices with the Sheriff's Department, in buildings, and what have you, do notous technology please. Thank you. Don't support them. Thank you. Ms. Schaefer filed by Mr. Kirkland. Ms. Hafer, not she. Morning, sorry. Yeah, I am Sherry Hafer because of my close connections with the commercial fishing industry. I have been dealing with the coming of offshore winds since 2015 and so no more than most. The possibility of three gigawatts of offshore wind off the center coast is a lie perpetuated by politicians, offshore wind developers and foreign investors. Like the bullet train, it will waste billions of dollars on planning and building infrastructure for an untested technology that is very difficult and expensive to accomplish with California's deep waters and small inlets for portage. Currently, there are only four locations for floating offshore wind in the world. Scotland, Portugal, Norway, and China. The largest wind farm has 11 turbines. There are currently only 25 floating turbines in the world. The 24 floating turbines in Europe have a capacity of only nine megawatts, and the one floating turbine in China has 16 megawatt capacity. The deepest they have been installed is 1200 feet. The Moral Bay Wind Energy Area is proposing 300 turbines at 15 to 20 megawatts in 3,000 to 5,000 feet. Hundreds of times larger and deeper than anything ever done before, let alone research because it is 20 to 40 miles offshore, it will need converter AC and DC power to boost the power to shore. This will require floating offshore substations that have not yet been invented. Because the platforms are floating and moving around, the inter turbine cables must be flexible and unburied. This technology has also not been invented. So we will be the guinea pigs. Mistakes will happen. Billions will be wasted. And the ocean and fishermen will suffer needlessly. We already have from all the high decibel mapping. One beautiful pristine coastline should be protected from the scourge of industrialization. Why are you not more supportive of tested and proven renewable energy on a small scale, such as solar and battery systems for residences and businesses, and not waste our hard earned tax dollars on fantasy boondoggles? My ask is that you resend the resolution you approved in 2021, which supports offshore wind. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Hafer. Mr. Kirkland. Followed by Ms. Davis, Andy Davis. Thank you, Gary Kirkland from a taskadero. I missed it last week, but evidently, the board voted to some pilot program to pay seniors who qualify 750 or so a month just because they're seniors and they need the money. This is pure socialism. This country was built on the idea of capitalism. If you want something you work for it, you don't just get it to give to you. So I'm urging the board to rescind this pilot program. If the county wants to help these people, they can do several things. One is make this a more work-friendly environment. Make it so people can get jobs. And take away regulations that prevent companies from coming here and or building here. My son and daughter both work for a company, ProMega, and they tried to build a facility here in San most of this bow and the county puts so many regulations are actually a city I apologize. It was the city that they decided to go to Madison, Wisconsin, where my son now lives and build there. What this county should do, everything they can to invite businesses to come here and hire these seniors instead of just giving them money. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Kirkland. Mandy Davis. Good morning. How are you? My name is Mandy Davis. I am president of React Alliance. And I am here to point out a historical inconsistency and ask for rectification of that particular inconsistency. What that inconsistency is, is that in 2021, the Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution that was supportive of offshore wind. To have adopted a resolution at that time was relatively ridiculous. And here's the reason why there was very, very little information about the industry itself, other than misinformation by the industry that really stood to gain billions of dollars in subsidies. There was very little knowledge by the public of this potential industry coming into town. And there was very little public comment. I would have to say probably only the fisheries at that time. It was premature to say the least. Fast forward to six months to go when you agreed to give thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars to a couple of entities to do studies on offshore wind, the reasons why you cited to do those studies is because you did not have enough information. I would have to say that there is a huge disconnect there. There is an inconsistency. The fact that you adopted a resolution in 2021, the fact that you say in 2025 that there is not enough information to make good choices. So what I ask you to do is to rescind the original resolution to wait until those studies are done, and I would ask you to also rectify another inconsistency. And that inconsistency is this, not once at any time has a board of supervisors talked about the economics and the lack of economic viability that floating off-shore wind presents. What I would ask of you before you even look at making a new resolution is that you present that information to the public after you have done a thorough investigation of the economic viability and the viability of the industry to be able to provide energy to us in a sustainable form. Thank you very much. Last public comment is to Rabbi Mayor Gordon. And that is the last slip I have for public comment. Anybody else wanting to make a comment on anything not on the agenda would need to come forward soon. Good morning. I'm Rabbi Mayor Gordon. I direct the Gabbad Jewish Center up in Paso Robles. And I will keep my remarks on the topic, which I intended to comment on. I want to comment and share a little about the resolution that I think will be voted on as part of the consent agenda to recognize tomorrow, April 9, 2025 as Education and Sharing Day here in San Luis Obispo County. Education and Sharing Day is commemorated each year on the birthday of the Lobava Chereba, Rabbi Manachem Mendel Schneerson of Lesson Memory, which is four days before Passover on the Jewish calendar or sometime in April. The Rebbe, as he was known, arrived on the shores of this great country in 1941 after escaping persecution in war-torn Europe. In 1950, exactly 75 years ago, just five years after the Holocaust, the Rebbe accepted the leadership of the Khabad-Lebaavich movement, which has since grown to become one of the largest and fastest growing Jewish organizations in the world. The Rebbe taught his followers that after everything we have experienced in the Holocaust, we shouldn't hunker down or withdraw. Instead, he appreciated the freedoms of this country and encouraged his followers to grow in their observance, be proud of their Judaism, and to reach out and encourage other Jews to do the same. But this resolution is not just about recognizing that Ebbah's work on behalf of the Jewish community. This is something much greater. This resolution honors that Ebbah's lifelong efforts to promote access to quality education for all people in all communities. Throughout his life, Ebbah stressed the importance of moral and ethical education as the bedrock of humanity and the hallmark of a healthy society. He urged that education should be reinforced with strong moral values, as stated in the resolution. Dereba believed that such an education could bring diverse people together through encouraging increased acts of goodness and kindness imbued with the awareness that even a single positive act of an individual can make a major impact on the world. So as we mark the 123rd birthday of the Rebbe, and the 75th year since he assumed the leadership of the movement, I am grateful that supervisor Pashong, together with the entire Board of Supervisors, recognize his outstanding and lasting contributions towards the improvement of education, morality, and acts of charity around around the world. We dedicate the day to reflecting on how each of us can ensure that future generations and even this generation receive an education rich in purpose and fulfillment, an education that doesn't only teach how to make a living, but how to live life. An education that isn't only about test scores and career readiness, rather one that includes shaping a person's character, teaching them to be kind, honest, and responsible. One that inspires children to recognize their role in making the world a better place, and that tells every child they matter, that their actions matter. In education that values and cherishes each individual positive act and good deed, one that fosters an environment where we look out for each other, care for one another, and together makes the world a better and brighter place. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. Okay, so that closes our public comment on items not on the consent agenda. We're going to take a break until 10, 15, just a couple of minutes, and then we'll go on to item 25. So please stand by. Okay, we're going to get back to business here and I'll ask the clerk to introduce item number 25. A request to consider and approve support and opposition positions on various current state legislation. Okay. Thank you. And hello. Hello. Me. Good morning Chairperson Ortiz Lig, Board of Supervisors, me a Travellean Administrative Office. As directed by the Board at the last board meeting on March 25th, this item is a request to consider and approve support and opposition positions on various current state legislation. Administrative staff worked with supervisors and department heads to identify bills and recommended positions as outlined in the staff report. With board approval, county staff and legislative advocates will advocate on behalf of the county according to the outlined in the software. Oh, damn, wow, that's great. Yeah, we did, we did ask for that. Um, we really appreciate it. I'm very excited about this because I think it's really important for, um, for many reasons. And so, um, we will see if there are any board comments or questions at this point in time. Public comment first and then comments? Yes, we can do public comment. I have a few speaker slips. So we'll open public comment then. And we'll start off with David Weisman, followed by Eric Daniels and then the CLE. Good morning supervisors David Weissman, Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility. And while waxing optimistically about the potential of an unproven future technology, the core of Assembly Bill 305, which is on your agenda as an item for support. Actually, overturns California's moratorium on new nuclear power plants by exempting the so-called small modular reactors. But those public resource codes that form the moratorium have a longstanding history. And the key tenant is, A, the commission, that is the Energy Commission, finds there has been developed and the United States through its authorized agency has approved and there exists a demonstrated technology or means for the disposal of high level nuclear waste. But in the 40 years since the Nuclear Waste Policy Act became federal law, the United States as a nation has failed to identify a permanent repository for high-level nuclear waste. As such, the result means that this waste has been accumulating on California's seismically active shores from Humboldt Bay, all the way south to San Anofree and inland at Rancho Seco. And if Diabacan continues to run, it will mean more waste is left behind than was originally intended. Seventy years ago, this nation leapt ahead into nuclear power without considering the back end of the deal. Today, we're burdened by the accumulating waste as they never planned for, and paying for its storage as ratepayers and tax payers. If history can be a teacher, the lesson is to look before you leap. And the small modular reactors offer no solution. The ways that these small modular reactors create is a way that the National Academies of Science in a report under the leadership of former nuclear regulatory chair, Allison McFarland, has indicated, is far more concentrated and toxic, and furthermore, cannot be stored in any of the casks or systems currently approved for fuel rods, because the new wastes are chemically and radiologically more complex and not suited in that form for geologic disposal. Now, these are the questions and challenges as posed by the National Academies that should first be addressed and met before any future solutions are promulgated so that we do not once again leap ahead without having an answer for the back end. You can't unwrite the failure of permanent nuclear waste storage simply by putting a red strike through line in an existing statute. I would also question where there is a nexus of this legislation to San Luis Obispo County as a reading of the most recent PG&E fourth quarter earnings call transcript mentions nothing about this is certainly as a local utility here in San Luis. It mentions nothing about an interest in this at all does not appear in that quarterly quarterly statement. So I don't know if there is any real direct economic nexus for the county in supporting this as well. Thank you very much. Next will be Mr. Daniels. Board members are at Daniels with PG&E. Thank you for hosting this discussion. I wanted to talk to you about a few of the items on your list that PG&E does have some interest in, or rather that you might think we do, and I wanted to just clarify some of those. So starting with AB 303, I can't speak for other utilities, however, I do have a letter from them, so I'll read some of it that says Pacific gas electric, Southern California, gas and electric, Southern California Edison, and the California Community Choice Association have all expressed an opposition position to AB 303. While we recognize the importance of public safety for best projects, the language in this bill conflicts with recently updated regulatory safety standards and specifically, significantly hinders California's efforts to maintain grid reliability as we work together to achieve the state's energy, energy clean energy goals. With respect to SB 540 on your list,, the same players mentioned earlier are in now support of this bill. This measure is both, is both your bias study from the California Energy Commission, that an expanded market could save ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars per year by a broader regional energy market throughout the restaurant interconnection region. PG&E doesn't and you might have asked and so I'm mentioning it, have a formal position on two other bills. The one referenced earlier by Mr. Weisman AB 305 and SB 283. Generally, while there is interest in AB 305 and its exemption language to allow small modulars, reactors less than 300 megawatts, if we truly care about clean air, we should be considering a full throttle exemption of generating sources like nuclear, that create no greenhouse gases. And with respect to SB 283, it's still under review, but it appears that the concerns may arise within that bill and the language that they're in that have the same rationale as we have with AB 303. So with that, thank you very much. Thank you. Miss Sili? Good morning. My name is Linda Sili, and I'm speaking today on behalf of San Luis Obispo, mothers for peace, but I'm also a member of the Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel, and I'm speaking as a member informally, not speaking for them. I want to remind you that our decommissioning panel has spent countless hours talking about the disposal and the storage of highly radioactive nuclear waste on our coast. There's currently, I'm not quite sure, but around four and a half million pounds of highly radioactive nuclear waste at Diablo Canyon with extended operation, they produce around 110,000 pounds each additional year. There is nowhere for that nuclear waste to go. In the country, there are the plans for a repository for radioactive waste is nonexistent. And the plans for consolidated interim storage of radioactive waste are stalled, both in Texas and in New Mexico, where the state legislature and the governors of both of those states have rejected citing nuclear waste there. So it looks like our nuclear waste is here to stay for a long time. If you endorse this proposition 305, what it will do is tacitly open the doors for San Luis Obispo County to have additional nuclear waste here. As you know, this is a very highly seismically active part of the world. And the last thing that we need here is more nuclear waste. There is a statute, California code, PRC25524.2 states that there shall be no development of nuclear power in California unless and until A, the commission finds that there has been developed and that the United States through its authorized agency has approved and there exists a demonstrated technology or means for the disposal of high level nuclear waste. And as used in subdivision, A, technology means for the disposal of high level nuclear waste. Anyway, it's not legal in the state of California. And so your approval of this is- Thank you. Your time is up. It's not recommended. Thank you. Okay. Any other public comment at this time? I'm going to. Do you have a slip? No. But I think I can speak anyways, right? If you fill out a slip, please. I will do it afterwards. Thank you. My name is Betty Winholts. I came here for the next item. I've been spurred on in light of the last couple of testimonies regarding the AB 305 that I would hate to see our council, our Board of Supervisors, ContraDec State Law. So I would support with the two previous speakers against 305 said. But I really got up to speak to AB 303 that was proposed by my formal council member and current assembly member Dawn Addis with regard to battery storage and would hope that you would support her as she's trying to do the best for our community Moral Bay and for our county. I think there is some discussion that bringing it back home is the most important thing to do to let the community decide. Personally, I would have the take off the piece that says there has to be a certain radius around the battery storage and let that be decided again by the local community. I'm going to close public comment now and bring it back to the community. I'm going to close public comment now and bring it back to the community. I'm going to close public comment now and bring it back to the community. I'm going to close public comment now and bring it back to the. Yeah, I'll be abstaining from voting on this today. And the reason is is that these bills are not done yet. They're still being cooked up there in Sacramento. And the example I'll give you is AB Bill 303. I've sit on the board of the rural county representatives, California. And Supervisor Gibson sits on the board of California State Association of Counties. And we also have former members of the League of California cities. They all support this bill if it is amended. It's not been amended yet. And as a lot of these bills will be amended over the months. I think this is probably a little too early. So I'll just be abstaining from this and hope my colleagues maybe bring this back at a later time when these bills have been fully baked. Supervisor Gibson. Yeah, Madam Chair, thank you. Two things. One of them is I suggested at the break. I wonder if we might treat this package as a consent agenda. We have recommendations on each. There are a couple of bills that I disagree with the recommendations and would like to pull them for separate consideration. I don't think we need to spend a lot of time on this. And Mr. Pashong's point on AB 303, which is one of the bills I want to so pull. Indeed, there's a joint letter from CSAC, RCRC, and the League of Cities with support if amended. The reason for that is that, and if you don't mind, I'll just launch into the discussion. The reason is that the bill has written returns control to local jurisdictions on these projects, which is a longstanding, longstanding platform of all three of those organizations. But it also puts a, as Ms. Winholt indicated, a 3200 foot buffer. So it's local control, but it's not local control. Second thing is, if we return this to local control, there should be some safety standards for these things, because as we know, when we approve any kind of land use project we have to make a finding of protective of the health safety and welfare. So that bill lacks that. Mr. Pashon could I suggest that on that bill I think the appropriate place would be a neutral position. We have CSEC and RCRC on the record seeking those amendments and I agree with you that to the extent that Amendments might be forthcoming That would be helpful in us considering it And Madam Chair I'll also ask to pull AB 305 I would be again either neutral or support if amended on that. And my concern there is that it does not have any consideration of what happens to the waste. I don't mind the concept of nuclear power. I think small modular nuclear power is something that needs to be investigated. But the bill is written right now, it says nothing about how its waste is going to be disposed of. And that's a serious question that could fall to the detriment of this county. So at a point when you think it's appropriate, if you want to clear the package, except for any specific ones bold, that would be great. But I would like to pull 3, 3, 3, 3, 3-3-0-5. Supervisor Paul Ding. Thank you Madam Chair. I echo that approach in the sense that the one that I wanted to pull was AB 305. I have two of them neutral on that one. When we talk about AB 303 or SB 283 which both relate to battery energy storage systems, it's no secret that there are two potentially proposed battery storage projects in the POMO in addition to the one that just finaled construction. The community is very concerned with the idea that those could potentially go through the California Energy Commission at the state level in terms of approval and not have a voice locally. I do support local control and want to make sure that the community has a voice and that we retain decision making authority. So I support the local control provisions of AB 303 and the safety provisions of SB 283. But obviously 303 will probably be amended. So we're going to want to see where that goes. But would approach, agree that we should approach it as just pulling AB 305 if that works and kind of vote on the whole thing or we could do a straw vote, I'm flexible with either one. All right, supervisor, more I know. Yes, I will be abstaining. I've seen over the years, bills are always changing and something's taken out, something's put in, and suddenly, you know, I would have taken a different position. Not only that, we've had less than a week to look at 19 bills, and while I might read the paragraph that's here and think, you know, hey, that seems reasonable, I have not had the time to delve into the text of it and really know what's there, so I'm not confident and to are comfortable, I would say, voting on any of these. So I will be abstaining. I'm not opposed to bringing some of these back in the future, having... I know it's there so I'm not confident or comfortable, I would say voting on any of these, so I will be abstaining. I'm not opposed to bringing some of these back in the future, having, you know, once they are a little further along and that we've had a time, you know, maybe whether we have an ad hoc committee, you know, we're two of us are kind of looking in a little more detail in what are the ones that we really want to support that fit our community. I'd be happy to get involved in something like that, but I don't feel this is the right time. Thank you. Well, I want to address the conversation overall and that is that we as a county go to the legislature at the end of this month for our legislative caucus time. And I think it's really important to have these conversations at least opened up at this point because we we get there, and it's like, well, what are we doing there then? I mean, we're there to lobby on the things that we support. They're working on items. You see how convoluted the system is in the fact that, because of, well, this isn't done, this isn't right, this isn't all done, that we end up with the legislation that we often end up with. And I think it's really important to just at least have this conversation to see where people are on this. It's a very complex matter. And these are things that really impact our lives overall. I'm completely understanding of the fact that these are half-baked and that we don't know what their final version will be. I think it's really important to take that input and be able to voice it when we get to Sacramento to explain where we are with it. And so then we provide that feedback to our legislative representatives. So I'm open to the amendments. I will note that on in regards to the battery piece, I think that all of the things that we've heard public comment on is what's really critical is that our energy situation is not a good situation in this state. For a couple of different reasons. One, we have people with no energy background continually making energy policy. And that is a big problem. Second is that we're continually dominated by false information and a lot of fear mongering for years and years when we've had completely safety when it comes to nuclear power. I'm really, you know, have very little patience when the rest of the nation is going forth and leaving us behind, actually leaving us behind. And I think that we do have an important voice as the one county that hosts the nuclear power plant in this state that's generating nearly 10% of the state's clean energy. And so it's a really important item for us to kind of be able to have these conversations here locally to kind of bring back where we see the missing pieces. And so I want to say that on AB, you know, the response, first on the storage bill was that the first response was AB 303. And that response was based on what happened in Moss Landing. And that Moss Landing probably happened because none of the things that are now in AB 283 were put forth when they started to build battery plants. They should have had all these safety measures in there in the first place. And so it's really important that we do weigh in on these things because this is really what happens then. And so I think that while AB 303 was a response that bring it back to the community, we just saw here a couple weeks ago where the community did weigh in on a completely different technology and a completely different location and of the concerns that they had and yet it did fall back on our county to try to have that response, and that's a big lift to have that response come back to the community. And I will also note that that project did go through a public process that was put forth in front of a planning commission with community members that could weigh in on, and yet it didn't raise to the level of anybody really realizing what was happening. So, you know, there's so many pieces to this and I think that, you know, I understand where my colleagues are on this item and I will note that I will continue to support the movement on AB 305 which is the small modular reactor. For some reason people forget that that all of these processes have to go through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission first. And so that for the fact that we have three small modular reactors currently in construction in the United States, means that they've gone through a gauntlet of information to be able to begin to build. The second part, of course, is that in the state of California, like the state of Illinois where I'm from, which has nine nuclear power plants, they put a moratorium out and now they're stuck with it and they're trying to repeal it. I think the same thing here. I want to note one thing and I'm sorry to go on, but this is really critical for so many reasons. Not only do we have a power shortage of clean energy, but we also have an economic impact that's impacting our schools. It impacts our public safety, our ability to do the things like build your substation in South County, build the fire stations in North County. All of these things come from having that kind of financing that can be done with safe nuclear energy being generated. And we've seen that happen here. But regarding to the waste and the difficulty, that historically the Department of Energy has told utilities that they don't have to worry about the waste. They're going to find a solution. That was the story that came since 1998. That's not the story of what we know today. The approach to Yucca Mountain or any other place is politically infeasible. That is basically a place where people can go, no, don't bring it here, no, don't bring it here. So the one thing I think that people don't like the idea of a repository approach, even though we've seen 40 years of safety, and we have it where I come from, there is, you know, temporary news waste on-site is safely managed over 60 years without incidents. In parallel with that approach though, the U.S. legislation has not provided us any solutions. But legislative change is in play. And so in order for new nuclear power to be considered what it It is, which is a source of green energy, they need to have a nuclear waste disposal solution for any new nuclear power. And so those solutions are being considered now. In many of the advanced reactor systems are using a universal canister system, making the problem that says that we will be disposing of our nuclear waste with a variety of things that are currently in testing, particularly in Texas and other states. And so, you know, I think that having an amendment is fine in knowing that there's other process to go with this, but I think that this idea that, you know, this is just somehow that we have to freeze in place when the rest of the country and the world is moving forward I think is the wrong approach. But I will honor your wishes. And thank you Madam Chair. Let me try this see where it goes. I move that we approve the recommendations in the package of the bills except for AB 303 and AB 305. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. thanks. That's approved. And so forth and whatnot. And I just didn't interrupt for a second. So I have two people who are abstaining. Then there leaves a three of us. I'm not going to go along with your stuff properly. Well, so we end up with the new, let's see what we can do on this package. We do need, if we do have two abstentions, we need unanimous of the three of us. That's good. And where we go, and otherwise we end up neutral. Yeah, that sounds fine. May I? Yes. To your point, Chair, I don't disagree with the things that you've stated. I will say that having a, having a, we have, in our legislative platform that we talked about not long ago, we did add in the nuclear component. I think we still, you know, whether these go forward or not, we still have something to lobby about and what we feel is important particularly for energy in our community. So I know we still have that in our pocket. And perhaps in the future, we're able to, I mean, zone in on, you know, a few key bills, or rather than 19 bills over five days trying to fair it through that. I would agree with that. I think that there's time because this legislative session is yet to be over and there will be a lot of amendment and all of that. So, but you can go ahead, Supervisor Gibson, I think that, you know, the only reason, again, why we, you know, when you have specific bills, it's kind of nice to be able to speak to them when you're up there. Yeah, and I understand, again, I don't think we need to spend a lot of time on this. Again, my motion is to take the recommendations in the staff report on everything except AB 303, AB 305. Second. And I think we could take this on a voice vote or. Fine. want to call it. Please vote. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. for it have three votes on that. I'm going to remain neutral on 305. And then I support 303 but seeing that there isn't support. If we don't have to run the process here, we are to buy default neutral. And so we'll ask staff to bring this back at a point if necessary. That works out. One final comment, Chair. Yes. As we talk about the importance of nuclear and our energy portfolio, I did support the Board of Majorities position in the legislative platform during our last discussion and that is a pro-position to work, of course, through the process and support the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's review process of the requests associated with extending the life of the ablou. I think that it is important not only for jobs, but for the energy that it provides, 9%, or almost 10% of our state's electricity need, and then obviously local tax revenue is a really critical aspect of that as well. I just wanted to clarify that for the record. Thank you. Appreciate that. Okay, on that we'll close this item and thank you everybody for having the conversation and we'll move on now to item 26. Request to introduce an ordinance adopting the local responsibility area Pfizer fire hazard severity zones as recommended by the office of the state fire marshal. the Weth. One of the common questions we get is what is a local responsibility area? A local responsibility area is our regions such as incorporated cities, urban areas, agricultural lands, and parts of the desert where local governments are responsible for wildfire protection. This responsibility is typically managed by city fire departments, fire protection districts, counties, or cal fire through contracts. What is a fire hazard severity zone? The fire hazard severity zones are determined by factors such as fire history, vegetation fuels, and topography, weather, which influence wildfire risk over a 30 to 50 year period. These assessments do not account for mitigation efforts such as home hardening, past wildfires, or fuel reduction. Here is a map, copy of the map. I know it's difficult to read on this presentation. That was sent to us by the Office of the State Fire Marshal. These maps are available on our website. We have them posted at our fire stations. Station 30 passable is off from ATA. Station 20 in the POMO. Station 21 at the airport and is available for review at planning and building department. And we also have it at our South Bay Training Center in Los Houses. The State Fire Marshal's office uses an extension of the state responsibility area, as also known as SRA, fire hazard severity zones, model to evaluate fire hazards in local responsibility areas. In this they encounter for embers and long distance where a number can start a fire. The state responsibility areas maps were updated last year. The fire hazards to the Verity zones were established following the devastating Oakland Hill fires in 1991. In response assembly bill 337 required the office of the state fire marshal to assess fire hazard severity zones and local responsibility areas and recommend actions for very high fire hazard severity zones. In 2021 the law was established to include both moderate and very high fire hazard severity zones. Local agencies must adopt the ordinances designating fire hazard severity zones moderate high and very high within 120 days of receiving the state for the state to be vaccinated, but the state is also providing the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the state for the has the ratings, they cannot reduce it. And there's also from the offices of State Fire and Marshall, there is no appeals process. Noticing, the fire code requires us to post within 30 days of information, a receipt and post that to the County Recorder's Office assessor planning agency as indicated. We did place notices. We actually emailed it to these locations at the Slow County Planning and Building. Slow County Assessors, we have it in the North and South County and the County Clerk's Office. With these designations of maps come with implications of development. Allen, Urban Interface codes are required, which is California chapter in a govern design and construction of new buildings in high and very high fire has the Verdi zones within the local responsibility areas. Additionally, new construction in the very high fire has the Verdi zone must comply with the California code of Title 14, which also known as the Fire Safety Regulations. California Environmental Quality Act, SEQUA, the Subdivision Map Act, Subdivision Review Process, and the Safety Element of the General Plan. Additionally, state law requires defensible space clearance within the very high fire hazard severity zones in the LRAs. It also mandates a natural hazard disclosure for real estate transactions is both high and very high fire has a severity zones. Here's a slide showing the increases of the maps. This came to us from the office of the state fire marshal. I'd like to also point out in this that there's also included community service districts in this such as Lasso, Soes in Templeton and the other areas. As you can see from the very high we went from 48 to 2959 in the very high Increased from 17,000 acres in the high and 18,000 acres in the moderate Thank you very much for your time. I'm here to answer any questions but also just let the public know that we're just requesting hearing today and not asking for adoption. Thank you. Appreciate that. Okay. Bring it back to the board. Go ahead. Supervisor Paul Ding. Thank you, Madam Chair. Appreciate the presentation. Kevin and the hard work on this. Obviously we want to make sure our community's safe, we want to make sure that we have designated areas that require building codes, et cetera, that will protect life and property. I guess I also want to make sure that any regulations we have are common sense, make sense and informed by common sense. In my district, for example, there's a part of the community, the trilogy Woodlands community that is now shown per these maps as a high, extremely high fire hazards of variety zone. And when you look at the mapping and maybe some of the assumptions that were made to determine whether that community was in the mapping, I think it was due to the number, frequency of eucalyptus groves, things like that. I've had community members that have done deep dives kind of trying to question the methodology utilized to determine that. You know, two questions. One, is there an appeal process? I think you said that there is not an appeal process to question that methodology, but I want confirmation of that. And then question two, if we have examples in Slow County where it just really doesn't make sense for a community to be designated as such, what can residents do? So the fire hazards of air defense are based off of, as I said in the presentation,ales are based off of, as I said in the presentation, they're based off of what they think would happen in 20 years without having any type of home hardening and things like that. This is the hazard. And one of the common questions is the insurance. What comes in the insurance bases is that off of risk and that's a changing door that we don't keep up on. for a government code for government code 5179, they said there is not a, I believe it's 5179. Yeah. That there is not a appeals process. So we can either increase it, which we do not have a desire to do in certain areas, but we cannot decrease the level of severity. Okay. And then we are going to be talking about talking aboutensible space standards, weed abatement, all of that and an upcoming board meeting. Correct? Yes. Thank you. Those are my questions at this time. Thank you. Supervisor Moreno. Yes, I was hoping that you could explain particularly for the public. Because you and I have had these conversations and I'm sure most of the board has, but I had a couple of constituents last night. They're looking at the map and they're saying, there's even some very high fire, very high fire. That's a big mouthful. You get what I'm saying. Very high, right along the coast. How is this? So just for the edification of the public, could you explain a little bit about how that those ratings came about. The ratings came about based off of fuel topography and winds, and it's an extension of the public, could you explain a little bit about how those ratings came about? The ratings came about based off of fuel topography and winds and it's an extension of the state responsibility area and the way it was explained to me by this office of State Fire Marshal is they take an account on this whole project, it's Embers casting so it's not just necessarily the fuels around it but it's fuels in adjacent areas that would blow in. So as we saw in the palestates fire, the camp fire, things like that, where a lot of embers were, the fire didn't burn up to it, but homes still burnt down because they're getting into the eaves, into the attic spaces and things like that. So there's an extension of dropping in and the fuels that are there and what would happen if there is no mitigation factors that take place in those. And yes, I did see that. I would call it it would be Montana, Deora, where I went from high to very high to high, and it's surrounded on both sides of the water. But the way it is, back in the distance, there is a very high from the SRA, and they're taking an account that's that extension of the embers coming into it. Okay. And is there, do we have any sense of what the additional costs on development will be in these areas. Do not. I. Okay. And is there, do we have any sense of what the additional costs on development will be in these areas? I do not, I do know they'll have the, for the very high, they do have the, you know, the sequence, things like that. I do not have those costs to me. All right, to be determined. Thank you. Okay, any further board comments? Kevin, I have a question. You know, it's, you know, one of the things that you keep saying is that this was based on whether or not there was any mitigation considered. So that high-fire threat districts, if there was no fire minds, hardening, et cetera, particularly in residential areas, what we're talking about. That's. That. fire mines, hardening, etc., particularly in residential areas when we're talking about that that's how they've made these determinations. But in this requirement here, it says local agencies must designated fire, fire hazard severity zones, moderate high and very high by ordinance within 120 days of receiving the recommendations from the state fire marshal. Additionally, any ordinance adopted under section 51179 must be sent to the state board of forestry and fire protection within 30 days. So if we're having a hearing and it's saying recommendations, how is it not that we then can say, well, if we do certain such mitigations that we could then apply perhaps a less restrictive level. Yeah. Your question is one I've been asking myself. They came down and they said that they're pretty sure on their science behind it. And I think my opinion is that they give it to us. There's certain areas, people that are agencies. I heard that are increasing certain areas or squaring off boundaries, if you will. We chose not to do that just because we don't, because it is such a contentious thing. And I think that's why they give it to us to vote on the ordinance where other agencies can increase it, but we cannot decrease it. I think what they're saying is here this is what we are. You can take it if you want to increase it, but you can't take it away. And John the County Council's office, I will say probably the answer to that is the code is written very unilaterally in the sense of the state fire marshal dictates exactly where those zones are. It gives it to us. We can only go one way, which is more restrictive. And that's just the way the government code reads. I would say if there's an appetite, maybe that's a legislative platform conversation, but yeah, that's to answer the fire marshal's, the whole answer for the fire marshal, that's the way the code reads. Yeah, that's helpful. Thank you. Okay, thank you very much. I'm going to open it up to public comment. We'll start with Mr. Gary Kirkland. Thank you for it. Thank you very much. Gary Kirkland from a task at arrow. I'm urging this board to postpone accepting this map, whether the fire marshal likes it or not or whether whatever, because several reasons. One, we need to know what the criteria was used. Why public comment wasn't allowed to determine what the criteria is for determining whether an area is a high risk. The other issue, he mentioned it, but didn't go into it. This could have a major impact on insurance for people who live and now didn't live in the high priority, now do. So this could have a major impact, especially for us who live in a task at Arrow. And I think this board should postpone accepting this until the criteria is determined and people have a right to public comment about this. And I know their state law may say something, but this is a constitutional republic and we have a right to question what the state law is and whether it's appropriate or not Thank you very much. Thank you mr. Kirkland um followed by Betty Winholz Hello again, my name is Betty Winholz. I live in Moro Bay I'm a little disappointed. You don't have your overhead projector anymore. I hope that you will Change that because I have a picture. I'd like little disappointed you don't have your overhead projector anymore. I hope that you will change that because I have a picture I'd like to show you. This is, and I'll pass it around. Sorry, the audience doesn't get to see it, but it's our map for Moro Bay. What I want to point out to you is that you'll notice that the yellow area is along our beach and not even the houses that are on the bluff above the beach, but they're saying that the sand isn't a hazard zone. And yet our Embarcadero, which has two Creosel peers, is not even in any zone that's dangerous. So for me, the information that they've made this decision on is maybe a little bit incomplete and that I would encourage you to ask some questions, maybe to give a little pushback to the state Fire Marshal. I totally agree it's increasing insurance rates. It'll increase building costs. And I was going to say, and I appreciate the county attorney saying, maybe this needs to be on your legislative platform that you need to address this. I would think other cities are doing the same. I know you don't control the moral bay map, but if they're making errors, would I consider errors for my town? There must be errors in the rest of the county. So thank you. Thank you. And our last speaker will be Jamie Jones. And I have some handouts since we can't use the projector. All right. Good morning. Jamie Jones, owner of Kirk Consulting. I represent a lot of land owners in our county. And today I'm using the opportunity of today's hearing to really regroup and talk about something that applies to these standards, but something we're still kind of reeling with with the title 14 adoption and the adoption of the SRA maps in 2024. And so the dead end road standards, the way our county is interpreting the dead end road standards has changed over time. It used to be in that you'll see some of the information I provided is that when we're looking at what the dead and road standards apply to, it used to apply only to subdivisions and creation of new parcels. And now with the interpretation of Title 14, it's applying to existing lots of record. So if you have an existing lot of record that you may have owned for 20 years and it doesn't meet a certain criteria you may not be able to build on that. So I think I agree with Kevin and it's unfortunate. I don't think we have an opportunity to comment on the LRA maps and whether they're right or wrong. I think those of us that have looked at him, there's a lot of errors there. So there's a 14 acre parking lot and that was in the very high fire severity to zone. So there's no real science to the mapping. We were given the ability to comment on the SRA maps but not the LRA maps. Why? I don't know why. So with that I think we as a county the maps are going to be the maps but I think we have flexibility on the standards. So we as a county the board counting, county fire and local residents, we have the opportunity to work together on the local level to protect property rights of our residents while still providing for public safety and assisting property owners. And I think that we can do this through built into Title 14 as an exception process. And the exception process is, you know, for instance, dead and road standards. We, when I guess what I'd like to ask, and I've talked about this a lot, is if we can have our local fire department work on criteria in which someone can apply for an exception to the standard, whether it's access or some other standard that's embedded in title 14 that's driven by a fire severity zone. We have been told we can apply for an exception. There is an application process to apply for an exception to the dead end road standards, but we don't have any criteria. And Kevin and I talk a lot. I appreciate Kevin. He's worked with me a lot. Hey, Kevin, have you had any applications for an exception to the dead end road standard? Yes, Jamie, I have. Have you approved any? No, I haven't. So we would like to be able to understand what the criteria would be and what the process would be to apply. I know I'm out of time, but I have one other important comment. Is we're afraid to apply right now? Because we have an application process in which we can apply, but we don't have an appeal process. We don't have anybody to appeal to. So if we get a no, at one level, we're kind of stuck. So we'd like to see if we can talk about that more in the later date. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. No more public comment. Bring it back to the board and ask for comment. Terry and all supervisor Praschand. Yeah, so this is just to bring it back at the end of the month. Is that correct? That's what we're talking about today. Introduce you. Introduce you. This is an introduction. This is just an introduction for a hearing, I believe it is. Okay. And so we'll have another two. Everybody else will have another shot at being able to have public comment. Yes sir. Okay. Thank you. Supervisor Paul D. Thank you Madam Chair. So we'll have another truth. Everybody else will have another shot at being able to have public comment. Yes, sir. Okay. All right. Thank you. Supervisor Paul D. Thank you, Madam Chair. I was just wondering, Kevin, if we, for that discussion, when it comes back to our board, if the staff report might include just a couple examples of what you're hearing from us, what we're hearing from our constituents. You know, we heard the Moro Bay example of what seems to just not make common sense. That way we could, you know, have a little bit more discussion as a board. I know that we're obviously kind of preempted by state law in terms of having influence over this, but I think our board should write a letter at some point and submit a comment into the record to the state, saying, hey, these are the things that don't make sense and will have real property rights impacts to our community. Any thoughts on that? I'm not privy to the science they used to create the maps, so to come in and say what they did and what they did wrong. I look at it just as everyone else does and see something that's surrounded by water on three sides and call, you know, and it to be very high. But as I said, is there taking it as the count of the wind blowing and an ember falls in that area of fuel, what is it to cause a fire at that point? I think we, you know, I can engage with them a little bit more to get more information and put that in there and do a little research the their their science out but I know it's the same one they used for the SRA regulations and like I said for it's just an extension of that with the embers coming in so that's the big the big push on this one here is the ember casting as they call or that comes in from outside of the wildland okay thank you thank you which is a big deal And we're seeing that repeatedly in big fires. So I mean, I'm fine. I agree that there are some prima facie odd oddities, if you will. And I think it's perfectly sensible idea for us to go in the ledge platform and indicate that we would like a path to create a path to have a reconsideration of the fire maps based on, you know, information, scientific information that's provided. As to the matter of the, our fire marshals' determination, I am very strongly of a mind that when exceptions are to be granted, it has to be granted on the professional judgment of a fire professional. I think it would be extremely problematic, I guess I would say, to allow an appeal process which would get a fire professionals judgment heard before a political board. And so I think that just like we deal with code enforcement hearing, cannabis hearing officers, where a appropriately qualified individual, here's the information, makes a determination. There is always the path through court not to be desired in any way, shape or form, no offense to the attorneys on the adiast, but that's where I stand. So I think what we have before us today is a very simple introduction notification. I think we passed the staff's recommendations. We'll pick this up. I don't know whether Edmund's inclination is to put this on consent as a hearing item. It seems to me completely pro forma here. We have to adopt what's there. The key discussion for this board is what do we do in terms of further advocacy to try to refine these things. but I don't think we should bog down the specific thing that we are mandated to do with conflating those two efforts that we should well undertake. Yes, go ahead. Just to let you know we are working on the fire appeals process board and should be coming in front of you The appeal the fire appeals board we should be coming in front of you very shortly with that Okay, is that include also the exemption process that we just talked about regarding the dead Ed Road standard to so that would be the Appeals process if we deny an exception they then they can take it for In the criteria Establishing some criteria as well to to that exemption. Well, criteria as the title 14, as you know, Namchara is a day long class in itself, if not a week long. But the title 14 itself states that every exception is on the case by case barrier. So what criteria for all dead end roads may not be the same for one may not work for the other one. We have a menu to save overall effect. That's something we can talk to County Council on it. Very far. Do we need to make a motion to bring that back to talk about because this is a non-existent. Right. Right. We'll be bringing the file here's board back. So John with the County Council, that sounds like a separate item. So I give you some information on that. I hear that there's a question as to whether or not you, so you need to introduce this ordinance. You need to make motion for that. And then there's a secondary question as to whether or not on the adoption. Do you want to have that as a public hearing item or on a consent item? So I move staff's recommendation with the hearing schedule for April 29th placed on consent and direct staff to prepare a memo as to possible ledge platform change so that we can advocate in front of the state fire officials for appropriate modifications to the fire severity zone maps, both SRA and LRA. A point of clarification that the weed abatement ordinance would be separate from this. So if all we're doing is bringing back the square array. Okay. May I offer an amendment? Sure. I would like to add in to the chair's point. I know that with the weed abatement ordinance, we are looking at exceptions. You know, there's a list of exceptions that you're grappling with to exclude from the weed abatement ordinance. So I would like to see if there are some exemptions to the standards that when it comes to building, wouldn't make sense, whether it's dead end roads or something else, because the more we keep, I get the safety aspect 100% and the more expensive we make building and particularly housing, the more expensive things get and we keep exacerbating this problem. So I would like us to add in that we direct staff to look at potential exemptions when it comes to those standards. Well, let me try again. We'll move staff's recommendation scheduled the hearing April 29th on consent direction to staff to prepare a memo regarding possible ledge platform change to advocate to state fire officials on appropriate modifications to the fire severity maps and direction to staff to when we come back with the fire appeals hearing board to offer some outline of criteria regarding on what point. Yeah, on what point exceptions are going to be granted both for instant, on all matters in that purview, dead end roads and weed abatement, should weed abatement ordinance be passed? I will say that. And I apologize to the clerk, but it's all recorded. Madam Chair, under discussion. Yes, sir. I support that motion. I just want to emphasize the importance of communications around all of these changes, communications to the public. So when we have the next discussion on this as well as the weed abatement ordinance, I think that some of us write newsletters and we try to communicate as much information as we can out from our offices but our county public information office through the administrative office really needs to or Cal fire through their PIO needs to help get information out to the community as to what the impacts will be to the community, what the changes are and look forward to those future discussions. Thank you. I will also note that importance. That understanding that we do cover 3,000 square miles, that makes it very challenging. However, I think even if we have small community meetings to be considered on this, it's important because people just are lost. It's, I mean, look at how confusing, title 14, title 16, LRA, SRA. I mean, it's really hard for people to track what that impact is. So I would encourage more communication, rather than less in regards to that. Last item on this, I just wanted to note that the insurance commissioner did put out note regarding the new updated Cal Fire maps and that they are intended to drive local planning decisions, not insurance decisions, and that they are really to help mitigate and reduce and make sure it's more accessible. So that's the whole goal here, but I know how frustrating that is with folks. Yeah, good luck with that. Anyway, okay, are we good with all of this and I guess All question yeah, call a question supervisor Gibson. Yes supervisor Marino. Yes, ma'am supervisor Sean. Yes supervisor Paul Dean. Yes, and Trevor Sinotees like yes. All right. Let's keep moving and appreciate. Thank you Mr. Reclaim and speakers and we'll go on to I can't paperwork my next item is item 20 swoops seven and my on 27 yeah yes please presentation on the successful completion of the local aging and disability action planning grant and the San Luis Bospel County Plan on aging. Okay, great. And we have a presentation. Thank you. All right, fantastic. Good morning. My name is Robert Diaz. I'm a program manager with adult services and the current manager for, well, actually the now not longer in manager for the local aging and disability action planning grant, which wrapped up like really at the end of March. Today I'm gonna be doing an overview of this grant. Why it's important and why we're here today, I know there's probably some questions around that. It's because although this is a grant that we picked up here at the county, it was to support our community partners in the development of the San Luis Obispo master plan for aging. And the completion of this grant could not be done without our community partners, so as a community collaborative. I thought it was important for the board to be aware of this as well as our community on what we're doing to support older adults and Individuals living with disabilities here in San Luis Obispo County as a whole Just a little bit of background about the grant overview. This was a competitive grant process. We were one of 15 applicants chosen in the first round, and only one of three counties that actually pursued this grant. The other two being Santa Barbara and Sonoma County, and I will brag a little bit and say that we're probably the only one that actually executed, except for our partners in Santa Barbara, a county-wide initiative, rather than focusing on one population town or city. 100% of the funds, which is roughly $199,826, were provided through this grant through the California Department of Aging as a part of California's master plan on aging initiative. The purpose of these funds and of this grant was to support local initiatives to enhance services for older adults, adults living with disabilities through development of of localized master plan on aging efforts while promoting the states overall MP goals. MP goals. For those of you not familiar with the master plan on aging, just to really put it in short, it is a state level plan to improve the services and lives of older adults and individuals living with disabilities in the state of California through targeted initiatives both in state services as well as programs like the LADAP to help support local initiatives. At the state level they housed their plan around these five goals housing for all ages and stages health re-imagined inclusion in equity not isolation caregiving that works and affording aging I won't go over these little quotes but they are there to really kind of signify what each of those mean moving forward for the citizens of California. So it's also important to note that great, the state has their plan, but why is this important for us here in San Luis Obispo County? Well, approximately 28% of slow county citizens are adults age 65 and older, and about 8% of the population under the age of 65 is reported to be living with the disability. If we do some kind of rough math that's 280,000 citizens overall for slow county, but we look at this population up here that's roughly 80,000 people that are affected by these services and supports each day within our county. The grant itself was an announcement, its announcement presented an opportunity to directly support a local effort to enhance our services and improve our collaborative ability with community partners to serve older adults and individuals living with disabilities. Securing this grant would accelerate the multi-sector planning capacity locally to develop a blueprint to improve the lives of San Luis Obispo County residents. And I believe the slow MPA has done that with the work of the community. And I think moving forward, knowing what we are going through, structurally change, both at the county level and with our community partners. A plan like this is actually imperative to ensure that we mitigate any lack of services or supports that we may be finding in the future. A collaboratively, we can really overcome these solutions, and that's the purpose of the slow MPA. So a little bit back onto the grant end of itself, just kind of just a little background on it. We didn't just apply for this, just to apply for it, and bring money into the county there was purpose behind it. We collaborated with our local community partners, not only to develop actually what our application would look like, but to make the determination that we would utilize a consultant as a third party support in order to drive this effort forward. And additionally, we also engage with our community partners at that time to determine whether or not anyone was going to be applying for this themselves. We felt at that time that would be the better investment if there was an agency moving this forward through the community level. But unfortunately, any agency that was interested in applying for this grant did not have the resources to facilitate the pass-through of the funds or the staff in place in order to make it happen. So us at Adult Services in position where we were with our community partners in Collaboratives or Adult Services Policy Council, Commission on Aging, Healthy Brain Initiative, you know, just our Health Department overall. We felt we were in the best position to do it and we did it and we did receive this grant. Little bit of a timeline about this grant process March through August was really kind of the grant period. March it was announced April we applied for it. May we were told that it was received and then in August of 2023 the board at that time had approved our acceptance and we started to move the project forward. We immediately moved this through the county purchasing process in order to hire a consultant through a competitive process. The consultant that was chosen was done so in consultation with our community members that were at that time called the Local Aging and Disability Action Planning Grant Advisory Committee that are now known as the Slow MPA Advisory Committee. We had chosen the agency health management associates, which actually also did work for us really actually recently previous to this for the mental health strategic plan. A little bit of a board timeline, kind of our outreach and data efforts. The outreach overall was a collaborative piece through the entire, through the whole entire slow Mampy-a collaborative. Every single agency was touting it at their resource fairs, prior engagements, agencies like Meals That Connect were actually talking about the slow-ampy-a and how they are improving their services and how they're doing more outreach and intentional engagement beyond just what they do. Our partners, the Healthy Brain Initiative, used this and collaborated with us through the application process and development and even in the implementation of going out and reaching people, they did some of that on our behalf in alignment with their programs as well. We put the consultants to work for sure. We got our monies worth out of them and we put them out on the road to meet with a lot of our community members. We did 12 key one hour long interviews with community leaders at different levels, and then a couple with community leaders outside of the county. We developed surveys both in English and in Spanish, large print, small print, paper, and online, that we held out in person and we put on blast through all the different agencies, which is roughly about 40 or so different individuals and about 20 different agencies were a part of this to reach the breaths of the county where we could and get as much information as we could. We also did town halls, about 16 of those town halls and engagements with partners like Haslow, People Self-Help Housing, again, meals that connect and libraries where a big key in those town hall meetings where they actually facilitated and hosted several location library locations across the county in order to meet our community in those places. Additionally, we spent the time during this process reviewing additional existing plans. So really talking about what else is happening here, slow health counts, area plan on aging, healthy brain initiative, and the healthy aging services, and conjunction with that, send Cal Health and the strategic plan, uh, their strategic plan from 23 to 25. We wanted to make sure as we were going through this process that we were not duplicating efforts, and anything that was in there that seemed to be duplicating of these efforts was done intentionally, in order for us to collaborate more directly and work with our community partners and these strategic areas to really be more fruitful overall while also ensuring that the voices of older adults and individuals living with disabilities in our county was heard in all these processes because there isn't always a specific focus on these populations when we talk about some of these grander issues. We met a lot through the whole process. I mean, just in the data collection, we had nine advisory committee meetings. We had probably numerous work-out, work-group breakouts, and then meetings with just myself and the consultants to really kind of figure out how we keep things moving. So there was a lot of time spent on this plan and with the data reviewing it, and really making sure that it was spoke and really was the voice of the community that we captured in the slow MPA along with our service providers. There was some data limitation, so I will tattle on myself a little bit on this one where we did fall short. You know, there was some limited engagement with more of our rule and geographically isolated communities. I will have to give a shout out to a supervisor, Peshaw and one of your staff, Vicki Jensen, with absolutely pivotal and getting us even up there in the first place to do anything. We were able to make some contacts with some of our rural community members, although we were not able to get up there in person. We were able to get some of our surveys out, and we were also able to account for two of those community leaders in the more rural areas. So we were still able to get some data pulled and then again in future efforts I believe it's the committee's intent to continually focus more in the rural areas just because we do have a higher concentration of older adults living more so in what we consider rural in this county. And then yeah. So once we had all the development, we got to work in developing the plan. So again, reviewing the data sources, we work with the consultants to really facilitate all the advisory meetings, listen to everybody via the meetings, the emails, the feedback, the work groups, just tons and tons of just consistent progress throughout this development. And in this process, we chose to deviate from California's master plan on aging and their goal language. Rather, they focus on five, we focus on four, which I'll get to here in just a minute, and really kind of highlight the needs that are here in Slow County. I think we have a service culture of where we like to do things uniquely to us, and that's just because we know our people the best. And so, you know, in that, we had some data responses that I wanted to share with you before getting into the pillars that help drive this. I don't think any one of these are any more important, just some things to highlight. A need of more robust communication and collaboration, just a I wanted to share with you before getting into the pillars that helped drive this. I don't think any one of these are any more important, just some things to highlight. A need of more robust communication and collaboration, just for advertising of services, as well as how older adults and individuals with disabilities are engaged when they're receiving services. How do we make those engagement more accessible? Case in point, when we have an older adult going to a hospital or a doctor's appointment, they need to know how to navigate the front desk. That's not always easy for them, especially if they're being rushed along, ask for all these cards, ask for all this information, that they assume at least back in the day their doctor used to hold and store for them. So there is a time and change in how these things happen and some of these pieces can really, really if considered can really change the way in which our folks engage services. I come from adult protective services that was not there not even two and a half, three years ago, providing services to our community, so I know that a simple barrier like that can prevent somebody from getting services whatsoever and cause severe self neglect. And so that's just kind of one highlight up there. You know, not enough doctors, particularly those who specialize in geriatrics. I can just keep it at not enough doctors. And I think everybody would be a little concerned about that one. Technology in of itself has evolved to the point in which individuals can't really use it even with accessibility features to it. And at the time, you know, or individuals just don't have the digital literacy capacity to be able to process and use something that we take for granted every day like a basic iPhone. And then limited transportation options. I'm sure we heard this in a lot of different ways for these communities specifically. It is a barrier to how they engage with their medical providers. It's a barrier to how they engage in their society. I know we talk about a lot about role isolation when we're talking about elderly communities, but we also have to really be considerate of our suburban isolation that occurs, due to the limitations of public transportation that are within our city hubs. So yeah, so a couple little highlights there that led us to the development of these four pillars. Housing, so we wanna ensure older adults in those living with disabilities can age safely and with dignity, healthcare, improving access to quality healthcare services, caregiving, expanding awareness and options for caregivers, and emotional well-being, promoting social connectivity and mental health. And those are the pillars in which we built the foundational slow master plan for aging, which we released on March 5th. We have it available for for download the county website, www.slowcounty.gov slash LADAP. And we will also post this presentation on that site as well with some of the typos fixed on aging or for aging, of course. So I think it begs the question, you know, with this big community collaborative, the grants over, what happens now? Well, currently right now through the month of course. So I think it begs the question, you know, with this big community collaborative, the grants over what happens now. Well, currently right now through the month of April, I'm providing transitional leadership for the slow master plan on aging advisory committee until it's handed over to the stewardship of the adult services policy council who will utilize a collaborative leadership approach to move this program forward and to move these objectives and directives forward and to be able to do that because we know there isn't one agency even including us that are really have the capacity or the you know don't have the same limitations to drive an effort like this community wide forward we believe the adult services policy council is the perfect home for it. It allows for direct collaboration with commission on aging as well as to just really point out that in this work in of itself, almost every single person that goes to Adult Services Policy Council, some 30 plus, 40 plus members, they're also a part of so many other collaboratives. The slow MPA in of itself, we have, again, 40 individuals, 20 agencies plus, you know, you can't not touch everything in this county with numbers like that. And so some of those strategies that we're going to be working forward in moving towards is developing county-wide community strategies and standard development to support providers and better reaching older adults and adults living with disabilities county-wide. There's actually work now on this is a brain trust to support the development of adult day programs within the, within the county. County. So for those of you that are familiar with capsules, adult day center and passive robless is a brain trust to support the development of adult day programs within the county. So for those of you that are familiar with Capslow's Adult Day Center and Pasarobles is a perfect example of what we're looking for to expand in really just across the county. Development of a slow MPA community needs gathering, gathering, target at local philanthropic foundations, private businesses and private donors to promote investments in older adult and disability services and supports. So this is not about just getting people to donate to programs and be more conscious about the needs of these populations, but also for private businesses to change their service standards and how they provide services to these populations in order to have them be the most fruitful lives they are and really contribute to overall community wellness. And then again, continued collaboration with Slow Health to establish a task force dedicated to assessing the behavioral health needs of older adults and really being able to do that through one of the Slow Health County objectives 3.4. And then just quick accomplishments as I've been talking about some things to reiterate. We inquire the grant competitive process. That's always rad. We brought together 40 individuals and over 20 unique agencies to complete the first San Luis Obispo Master Plan for Aging and associated document. We built a stronger relationship for us as a county with pre-existing and new community partners through this. And then it was a progressive project collaboration between multiple county agencies. I have to really say for my partners in public health, health agency, healthy aging services, libraries, adult services, and unfortunately I missed them in the slide, but a homeless service division for just such a collaboration county wide where all I said was, hey, I need help with this and they were in it and they were in it from the beginning to the end and will continue to be a part of this in any capacity that we're allowed to. And again, we leveraged other state programs to support data collection outcomes, such as the Access to Technology Program. So I also had that kind of under my stable programs at the time where we provided devices to older adults and individuals living with disabilities, but those specifically receiving support from our community partners Haslow and People Self-Housing. And during that time, we were able to get surveys and information and data from these populations directly through the collaboration and just leveraging this grant to get to those populations more widely. And then again, we contributed to a development to sustainable plan requiring minimal resources beyond community collaboration to achieve. So this is one of the achievements that I really want to tell and really kind of pat the back of the whole entire collaborative four is that there has never been a point in time in which we did not believe we could achieve the goals that could be done as a collaborative. For moving it forward, you know, this is the plan in of itself has some pretty lofty goals and insights that will evolve. But again, it's sitting under the stewardship the adult services policy council were ensure that even if momentum is lost progress progress will be maintained and that this plan will kind of hopefully live a lifespan in our county until it's just second nature. Otherwise, thank you. Questions? Thank you, Mr. Diaz. We really appreciate that. Any questions at this time? I just want to thank you for all your hard work. I know that was not easy so. Very proud. Very proud. Okay. All right. Well we'll take some public comment and then come back to the board. We'll open the public comment and I'll start with Alyssa Madron and followed by Linda Beck. Good'm Melissa McVeck. Good morning, board of supervisors. I'm Melissa Madrin. I am the board chair for Milsa Connect, the senior nutrition program, San Luis Vizpo County. I wanted to voice my support for the slow MPA and all of the collaborating partners. It's a really huge effort and it's a wonderful undertaking. The forming pillars, as you know, housing, healthcare, caregiving, emotional well-being, and social connectivity. Nilsa Connect really meets kind of all of those needs in one aspect or another. nutrition nutrition is an essential part of this. One of the most essential roles we play is the, is preventing homelessness because some of our seniors would not be able to live in their homes if it was not formulas that connect. And that is just a old fact. So, let's see, I'm reading my phone and it's kind of small text. Our free service helps them age in place because when they are medically homebound, they cannot always get the resources they need. We bring the nutrition to them. We act as a referral service for all the other services they may need. We do wellness checks, we socialize, we connect with them, and I have spoken with some of our volunteers who actually, it's a love relationship. There's a deep caring that goes on in this organization. Lastly, I want to thank all 40th-plus organizations who are part of this program of the slow MPA. The Duning Crabble work, and there's a giant silver tsunami coming our way. This is not the last time you're going to be here in that term. We'd like to make sure that you keep this subject top of mind and try to help us preserve the quality of life and strengthen the fabric of life for our seniors in this community. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Linda Beck, followed by. and then, um, blend show. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Linda Beck followed by. Glen short. I live. Good morning. I'm Linda Beck. As you've probably seen me frequently, I've been here to talk about the slow master plan for aging. I'm back. My family and friends will tell you that I've talked about very little else for the past two years So it should be no surprise to you. I would like to again acknowledge the advisory committee which did remarkable work Handed hand with the county Staff and the consultants. It was a group effort. It's a dynamic group and I think that it definitely Influenced and improved the the quality of the plan that's been presented. Looking back, I'd also like to briefly mention again, the late Tariel Anala, who's spirit really informed our work on this program. She had a lifelong commitment to diversity and inclusion, and that's reflected in the plan. Looking forward, we're excited about seeing how this plan develops. It's really a starting point. It's a map. It's not the end goal. And it's now up to the community to move forward with the goals and recommendations. I look forward to seeing how this plays out. And hope that the board will support the continued efforts to create an age and disability friendly community. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Short, followed by Laura Edwards. Good morning. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I've sent to each of your offices a proposal for a robo call system that should address some of the issues that we've been talking about with regard to the Council on Aging and some of the contact issues that are related to maintaining some sort of conversation with people who are isolated in their homes. I'll be very brief. As I say, the proposal is pretty thorough and I think that if you would take time to read it, you will find that it will answer probably most of your questions. If you have any additional questions, I'll be glad to answer them right here now. Any questions? OK. Thank you. You're welcome. Yes, thank you, sir. Thanks for your efforts. Laura Edwards. Good morning. Laura Edwards, executive director of Meals that Connect Senior Nutrition Program. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Madam Chair. And thanks to each one of you on the dias this morning, because I've been here since nine, and I've heard all the same issues you have, and your capacity to deal with all of these varying issues is absolutely admirable and for me overwhelming. So I'm glad it's you and not me. I have been supporting the development of the plan, the master plan on aging through through early town hall meetings at our dining sites and as a member of the strategic advisory committee. I should also say that I represent you on the commission on aging for district five. We are fortunate and grateful that the county secured the LADAP grant, thank you Robert, to produce this plan. Over 35 agency partners have collaborated on its content and I look forward to all of us digging in and taking this plan from concept to action and putting the rubber on the road with it. I appreciate the contributions you've made supervisor Paul Ding to our committee meetings. All of that input was very thoughtful. I know you stayed up late at night putting tables together so that we could take it from some conceptual thing to some very serious roadmap thing where we can make action happen. So I know now it's going to live at the ASPC body and we're all collaborating to make sure it continues to have legs. And from my year spent in conservation agriculture, I know firsthand that mitigation of a problem is far more difficult and expensive than prevention of a problem. We see the silver tsunami coming more than other counties in this state. We are realizing a higher population than any other county in the state of California in that senior group. And we are poised to prevent big problems by getting out in front of them right now. And working together with fine agencies, nonprofits, and the community we have will put us in a better place because of this collaborative work. So I just am really excited that we're at this place and I hope we have your continued support collectively. I know each of you have been very supportive of all the senior activities happening. I've seen each of you at ASPC meetings and other events. So thank you for your commitment. I believe we are all here off the script because the quality of life that the community of San Luis Obispo offers us is so rich. And we want to see that rich from birth all the way to the end and the end does not have to be difficult. It can be very beautiful. We see it every day this week. We are celebrating the passing of one of our clients. And Mr. Wyman enjoyed our services for his last year. And we will do much more of that in the years to come. Thank you so much. Thank you, my residents, really appreciate. And my last public comment is Francine Living. Good. Good. My last public comment is Francine Levine. Good morning, supervisors. My name is Francine Levine, and I'm here on behalf of the Public Health Department Healthy Aging Services. I want to take a moment to applaud DSS for bringing together such a diverse and committed group of partners in developing the slow MPA. I'm especially grateful to Robert Diaz for his leadership in securing funding and driving this initiative forward. This plan provides a critical roadmap to ensure that older adults in our community can age with dignity, health, and independence. With with our senior population exceeding state averages and projected to reach 31% of the county's population by 2040, the importance of the SOE MPA cannot be overstated. At Public Health, we directly support the goals of the MPA through our healthy aging services. Through California, Health the Brain Initiative, we have partnered with community organizations and stakeholders to promote brain health and increase awareness of Alzheimer's and other dementia. By expanding education, resources, and community outreach, together with the Adult Services Policy Council, DSS Adult Services, the Promotorist Collaborative, Meals that Connect and the Alzheimer's Association, our efforts have provided training to those who serve older adults, launched bilingual education efforts and reached over 5,000 residents with prevention strategies. We also know that our impact is amplified through local partnerships with senior centers and libraries which serve as welcoming spaces for older adults to access resources, connect with others, and reduce isolation. Public health's fall prevention education is one of the most vital ways we support healthy aging. We offer 25 to 30 strength and balance classes each month throughout the county with an average of 20 participants per class. That translates to over 500 connection hours for older adults every month providing not only physical benefits like reducing fall risk but also social connection which is essential to mental health and longevity. This is especially important given that 74% of EMS calls we recognize those callers this morning for older adults in our county are related to falls. Fall prevention and healthy aging education is one of the most cost-effective investments in public health with research showing a $20 savings for every dollar invested within just 18 months. Our healthy aging services directly align with the goals of the master plan on for aging, helping to keep older adults safe, independent, and connected while also reducing strain on healthcare care and emergency services. Thank you for your leadership and for your commitment to making Slow County a place where residents of all ages can thrive. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay, any further public comment? Seeing none, I'll close public comment and bring it back to the board and as supervisor Paul Ding. Thank you Madam Chair Happy to kick off the comments on this First I want to say thank you to a couple people in particular Tariya Lenara passed away when she was leading the project early on with co-chair Linda Beck of the slow advisory committee So I want to honor her an amazing human being who was left an indelible mark here in Slow County in so many different ways, including this particular effort. And then of course, Linda, thank you for all of your hard work to continue to lead the committee forward. This particular project or plan is certainly a written document, but it is the culmination of an outreach process to the community that engaged so many different people, organizations, and ultimately brought people together and departments and organizations in a way that I think has charted a new course for how we help folks, our older adults in the community age with dignity, health, and independence. And those partnerships, those examples, for example, of just hearing from Francine with Public Health, or Robert who gave the presentation from Department of Social Services, that level of coordination that we're seeing here, in addition, our library's department is so critical for what we do as a county in terms of the services we provide. And so I'm really proud of us. And so thank you to the staff, thank you to Francine, to Paulina, to others in public health, as well as our Department of Social Services, Linda Beck for leading the charge in that regard. And then I wanted to also thank my commissioners and McCracken and Paul Worsham on the commission on aging, who played a role in this process as well. Again, just to highlight the outreach 16 town hall events, that's really impressive. 12 individual one hour long interviews with folks, the fact that we've identified not only the needs of the community for those who speak English, but there was a lot of outreach for those who speak Spanish, which is really critical and done, again, countywide. Just want to highlight some of the needs, right? Housing and healthcare, communication around the services that are provided. I think that's critical and that's going to be one of the tangible action items moving forward is how do we work with the 11 senior centers that provide services? How do we continue to work with the nonprofit service providers to encourage better communication and collaboration around those services and supports? Limited transportation options. We all have the pleasure of serving on the regional transit authority. We have to make tough decisions based on limited resources and budgets, but this effort reminds us how critical transportation to our seniors and those seniors with disabilities is in our community. Limited technology or technological barriers, another challenge that we need to overcome. And then I mentioned healthcare, but just not having enough doctors and in the specialty areas as well, geriatric, et cetera. This effort also looked and worked with our caregivers which we need to continue to lift up, certainly appreciate the work of the IHSS folks in the work that they do. And I guess my final comment is just one of thank you, just of appreciation and gratitude for all the people that are going to continue to implement this plan because this is a starting point really for the effort that we're going to continue to undertake. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor Marino. Yes, as you notice, government is limited in what we can do. We can do a lot with health and human services being sort of the arm of the state, but we're limited and we can only do what we do with the incredible partners, like those from Meals that connect in the numerous organizations around the county. So thank you to all of you. It's all of us working together that make this happen that will support the seniors in this entire plan that we have in place. and there will be a lot of figuring things out because as we all know, the funding isn't there. But I know we will work together, we will be scrappy and creative, and we will figure this out and take care of our people. I do want to say with regards to adult services policy council, I just learned about them in reading through this agenda item in preparation for the meeting and I went to the page on our website and I noticed that it's Less than edifying I don't the information and there isn't really helpful So I would like to encourage that Because it it gives a few members it talks about membership, but it doesn't really say who they are what what they do, what the, you know, I'd like to have a more robust because I think, like I would certainly like to see that, I think that would help the community to know. And if this plan is going to sit with that council, I think that would be, that would be really helpful. So thank you. So, Professor Pajon. I just thank everybody who had worked really hard on this. It's really good and appreciate all of your hard efforts. Yep. And Supervisor Gibson. Thank you, Madam Chair. As to ASPC, Supervisor Moreno, I think, you know, January, we have appointments to various boards and commissions. I think you'd, and I'm not being as facetious as I might seem. That was an assignment I had probably the first eight or ten years of my time on this board. And it really is a remarkable, remarkable group of adult services policy council. So yeah, there's a lot going on there. I'm, no, that's all right. I am interested particularly in the I look over this report and kudos to all who were involved. It's a remarkable, it's a remarkable effort, a broad picture of aging in the county. And it identifies a number of really important goals. These goals are, I won't say inevitable, but in terms of achieving them, there's a demographic shift coming. Our population will age, and thus the focus of this board needs to adapt to the nature of the community that we serve. And so I absolutely celebrate the completion of this plan. And my next question is, what are we going to do tomorrow? What specifically are we going to do tomorrow? And the implementation to me is really important here because these are things that need to be done. I hope that if adult services policy council is the place, I hope that council brings forward specific recommendations they want to see this board take on. Even in the face of the very, very difficult budget that we're going to face, these are the needs of people that we serve and, you know, whereas resources may be tight, we have to allocate within the resources we have to meet the needs of the people we serve. To that end, I did have a question, I probably should have asked earlier, and Mr. Diaz appreciates your leadership on this, and maybe you'd be the person to ask about this, and it's about the key indicators and metrics of success. And I'm just, you can jump in at just about any place, but I'm looking under the healthcare pillar. At the point. And it's indicates there that the key indicators, among the key indicators, quantitative are better access to primary and specialist care, increased enrollment and utilization of health-related social needs programs, increased utilization of telehealth options, and improved workforce retention rates. I'm curious, are we tracking that quantitative data, and if so, who is doing it? And do we have an adequate effort to actually track these indicators that we indicator that we are saying are foundational to understanding our progress toward implementation? I mean specifically with that project around that, I mean that's going to require a lot of resources that are just not available at this time. So we will begin early implementation process evaluating that. No, there's not any current metrics in place, but I believe that's currently where we want to start. Build the foundational metrics to see where we are now and then build upon that for those recommendations to better understand those sections. And so, and I appreciate, and the verbs in here are important to me. And the question of evaluating that metrics is one thing. To me, I would hope that we would focus on developing the database of those metrics. You know, that's what we really need to do is figure out. And that may require resources. It will require resources. If we have those to do it, you know, it can move along quite a bit faster. But again, we will move any of these projects along as fast as we can. Well, I won't speak a week, right? Because I see a week. We, but we slow master plan on aging initiative. We'll move these, move these along as fast as they can with the resources available. And the work that's being done. And so to even just to kind of put to your question of what happens tomorrow, tomorrow is where I continue to develop all the work tools for us to build these work groups and in this transitional month for us to start in May on a solid foundation and a working foundation towards goals like that and really identifying the steps forward utilizing the minimal resources or no resources that we have. Let me press just a little further in terms of implementation here. Obviously developing the partnerships and the databases that are necessary to move this forward is important foundational work. But I think this board and maybe we should have an annual report on the state of the state of this plan and the state of our senior population. I think this board would be particularly interested to hear when a new social connectivity opportunity has been established that didn't, an exercise class or a day, you know, an adult day care center, if you will. Just the actual physical increase or improvement of the specific ideas that are here. I mean, I'm talking tangible things here. Yes, of course. Not more plans, although I understand that further work needs to be done. But I would encourage my board colleagues to add a point of seek an update as to how we're doing. And as items come before this board to reference how they support this master plan. I guess my point here is I don't want to see this gather dust on a shelf. I want to see I want to know that we're making progress. Yeah, and to that point, that's the purpose of it sitting in the adult services policy council. Although the county and of itself, we may not have the resources to dedicate specific staff or any other specific resources to this. Places like adult services policy council commission on aging. Many of our departments are there as part of the original need. We're there anyways. We've been there for many different years, so it ensures that there's always a county presence and a county touch on this program and that we know what's going on. And the intent overall, once this has been established under the ASPC is exactly that. To have those yearly updates of the plan, what's going on, what has changed? I think to the point of a lot of these services, is we're actually probably going to be working at looking at what we've lost over the next few months and then restructuring from that point. So unfortunately the release of a lot of these services, we're actually probably going to be working at looking at what we've lost over the next few months and then restructuring from that point. So unfortunately, the release of this plan when it was was at a time when we saw robust resources and we were actually seeing an opt, really being optimistic about what was ahead in the future when then only within a few months that completely changed and then really was forcing us to look at this more dynamically on how we're going to restructure after release in order to see the slow master plan be successful long term. And again, part of that was putting in a ASPC for the collaborative leadership model and then really building off what's there. So again, we'll probably be waiting for the dust to settle over the next few months, working towards what we can and then some of the bigger objectives like that, seeing what we can work off of and what's left to work with. Thank you. Okay, I'm gonna make a few comments and that is, you know, first off, thank you. I think you really highlighted the fact that we're talking nearly 30% of our population moving into and that we are a county that has a lot of seniors where also a county that has great distances and I think that there's pieces that really speak to we need doctors everywhere that doesn't matter that one you can you know join forces with the with the people that need pediatricians and all the other ones I mean that's that's a whole issue on its own but when it comes to like what was referred to it, what we saw at SlowCog and what I hear and know for many of our constituents is that they just can't get around as easily. And we just don't have the kind of transit systems that we need. And we really do need to have that data to be able to ensure that there is funding as well as the services. So I really am glad that where you guys focus. I think also with that comes the communication tools. And thank you, sir, for providing a potential idea, but that for sure seniors do not have the same flexibility. And so we're really seeing a generational divide where you have young people who can know how to get all sorts of information and then those moving into their senior years not having any information. And so this is going to take this extra effort. And so I really, I think it's a great start and I know that we want to do whatever we can to support and put us together with others, you know, whether it's the access for all folks, which under the Community Foundation, they have pieces and then there's the other pieces we're like we talked about at Slow Regional Transit, where we talk about how we can make a affordable transit, but there's still a lot more connectivity that we could do to get some results and of course, nothing more important than the nutrition and the work that meals that connect do in both the touch and feel of seeing people every day as well as bringing them nutrition. So, I just, you know, we're really excited about getting our arms around this a little bit more, but that you have accomplished so much so far. Supervisor Paul Ding. Thank you, Madam Chair. I certainly echo those comments. Just just to the questions that Supervisor Gibson was asking and the response that you provided, Robert, we could be a county that actually has a dedicated division to aging. Right? We don't have that and we don't have the resources to do that. And we really don't have a staff point of contact that can be a dedicated resource moving forward. We don't have the budget for that. And there are programs like the Healthy Aging Program related to the Healthy Brains Initiative or some of our fall prevention programs which may not be funded in this budget year, whether it's because we're not getting a grant that we used to get or because we've had to make that choice. But what I want to underscore and emphasize to this board is that we do have an amazing group of people here in the community, a dedicated committee, that if they had a small amount of funding to do a limited scope of services, I think we could continue to really move forward on some specific things. I would certainly be supportive of dedicating a small amount of funding from our reserves or SB 1090, for example, maybe it's a $50,000 financial contribution. And I've had conversations knowing that people would be interested in helping to carry this forward. So look forward to having that discussion during the budget process. Thank you. Sounds good. Thank you. Thank you again for being here and your contribution to the entire community and the seniors. We'll close that item then and thank you, Mr. Ruiz. Very nice work. And take it to our closed session and county council. Sure. so we'll be meeting closed session on items three through 17. I estimate 45 minutes to about one hour. And don't forget to take public comment. Yes, I will take public comment. Now any comments on items on our closed session agenda? Seeing none, we'll close public comment and we will return at 130. Thank you. No, and I welcome back to the Board of Supervisors hearing and we will get county council to report out on closed session, please. Sure. So your board met in closed session and there took no report of action. Thank you very much. Clerk, would you like to introduce item 29 please? I'm here to consider a resolution to approve and authorize the submittal of the 2025 through 29 consolidated plan and the 2025 action plan. Two, a resolution to approve the homo-serving prevention projects utilizing the permanent local housing allocation grant funded by the California Department of Housing and Community Development and three, a resolution to approve in the 2025 General Fund Projects to support homelessness programs and services. Thank you very much and large. One proceed. Good afternoon, Chairperson Ortiz Leg, members of the board, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to introduce George Solis, administrative services manager and I'm March Castle Program Manager, we're from the Department of Social Services, Homeless Services Division. Today staff presents the funding recommendations for the Urban Counties 2025 Action Plan for your consideration. The Urban County of Sanlo Subispo consists of the cities of Eroia Grande, Atasca Dero, Moro Bay, Hasarobles, Pismo Beach, and Sanlo Subispo in the county. Staff is requesting approval of the 2025 through 2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Action Plan. We will provide the background, cycle, and priorities, discuss how recommended projects support the San Luis Obispo Countywide Plan to address homelessness, provide the purpose of today's hearing, the allocation estimates for grants, and the next steps for the 2025 through 2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Action Plan. For the purpose of today's presentation, the recommended dollar amounts have been rounded. The urban county of San Luis Obispo prepares and submits a consolidated plan every five years. In addition to the annual action plan, to the Department of the Housing and Urban Development also also known as HUD, which describes how the urban county will allocate federal grant funds to address housing, homelessness, and community development needs. The strategic plan is submitted by all jurisdictions that directly receive HUD entitlement funds. The community participation plan for the urban county requires that staff gather public input regarding these needs. The Community Development Needs Assessment collected information from the community through various outreach efforts, including an online survey, five in-person workshops, one online workshop, an information table at community events, posters in various county offices, media ads and interviews and social media posts. The community development needs assessment report was presented to the board on December 10th, 2024. At that time, the board approved the priorities for the consolidated plan, which impacts how future funding is allocated. In addition to the priorities shown on the slide, staff were directed that funding allocations should be made in accordance with the board's general budget priorities, which includes housing and homelessness. The identified priorities include housing facilities, public services, public facilities, housing services and Public Infrastructure. The 2025 Action Plan is the first chapter of the 2025 through 2029 Consolidated Plan. The needs identified in the Consolidated Plan are used to make effective funding decisions for Action Plan projects and activities. The Action Plan provides a concise summary of actions, activities and the specific federal and non-federal resources annually used to address the priority needs and specific goals identified in the consolidated plan. The San Luis Obispo Countywide Plan to address homelessness 2022 through 2027 contains six lines of effort representing a series of related events, actions or projects that combine to achieve a specific objective linked to the strategic goal of reducing homelessness. The recommendations presented today for your consideration affect line of effort one, create affordable and appropriately designed housing opportunities and shelter options for underserved populations. And line of effort to focus efforts to reduce or eliminate the barriers to housing stability for those experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, including prevention diversion, supportive services, and housing navigation efforts. In addition to the 142 affordable housing units that will be created by the affordable housing projects approved in February, one of the public facility projects proposed for funding by Five Cities Homeless Coalition will help finance a recuperative care project that includes 15 non-congregate cabins, including ensuite bathrooms, to serve people experiencing homelessness who are medically fragile. Minor home repair operated by Capslow provides needed repairs to owner occupied homes, mobile homes, and multi-family housings occupied by low-income owners. The public service projects proposed today provide a variety of services to assist persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness and low-income individuals and families. These public services directly impact line of effort too. Progress in achieving the accomplishments outlined in the San Luis Obispo Countywide Plan to address homelessness will be presented to the board in May. The purpose of today's hearing is the Seek Approval of the 2025 through 2029 Consolidated Plan, the 2025 Action Plan, the project recommended for funding to request funding approval for these projects and to provide the next steps for the consolidated plan and the action plan. The 2025 Notice of Funding Availability or NOFA released on September 3rd, 2024 contained the funding estimates shown on the slide. HUD funding estimates were determined by averaging the prior three years of HUD funding received and then reducing the average by 5%. Once the final allocations have been announced by HUD, these estimates may need to be adjusted. Adjustments will be made by calculating the difference between the estimated amounts and the actual awards. Project allocations will be adjusted by the percentage amount of the difference. Staff included $40,000 of program income received and are requesting authorization to allocate additional program income if available to approved projects based on staff's recommendations and project eligibility. The table shown here identifies the funding allocations for the state permanent local housing allocation program also known as PLHA. The board approved the five year PLHA plan on July 14, 2020. Alligible activities include affordable housing, homeless serving and prevention and administration. Of the $573,308 allocation to the county, The 2025 NOFA prioritized 10% for projects that support affordable housing, 35% for homeless serving and prevention, 50% to the housing trust fund and 5% for administration. 24 applications were received for the 2025 action plan, total $15 million $184,158. An estimated $3,784,686 is available in federal, state, and local funds. This amount includes funds allocated to affordable housing projects. The project shown on the next several slides are recommended for funding. Minor home repair provides home repair and access improvement services for low and very low income households including elderly and disabled individuals. The housing trust fund maintains a revolving loan fund to help finance affordable housing projects in San Luis Obispo County. This project is part of the 2020 PLHA plan approved by the board. Public service recommendations include the following. Capslow's 40 Proto Homeless Service Center located in San Loosobispo offers an access center and emergency shelter services meals meals, showers, health screenings at the community health center, on-site clinic, services for dual diagnosed individuals, recuperative care for those recently released from the hospital, animal kennels, a community garden, laundry, internet access, and a mail-in message center to facilitate job and housing searches. Case managers and staff assist clients in creating individualized plans with set goals and objectives to obtain housing and self-sufficiency. Capslow's adult day center located in pass-for-robals provides a stimulating environment to assist low-income adults with early stages of Alzheimer's, dementia, and other cognitive impairments. Open Monday through Friday from 8 to 5, it provides a social model day program with activities that are designed to maximize the living skills and abilities of participants. The Adult Day Center also offers caregiver respite and conducts community outreach and education regarding Alzheimer's disease, aging and caregiving issues. Echoes Navigation Centers located in Pasarobles, in a taskadero provide shelter, outreach case management, and coordination of shelter services and volunteers. In addition to providing shelter, Echoes Navigation Centers operate 90-day programs for people experiencing homelessness to support their search for permanent housing. The support program has been successful with over 50% of the clients finding a home. Five cities homeless coalitions Countywide Homeless Prevention Project includes homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, tenant-based rental assistance, also known as TBRA, and subsistence services. Services include landlord cultivation, case management support, subsistence payments for rent or utilities, application fees and deposits, and a coordinated entry assessment and progressive engagement model. They work to identify and resolve barriers to gaining or maintaining housing. Five cities homeless coalition provides these services countywide. Homeless prevention provides assistance to those at imminent risk of homelessness to enable them to remain in housing or to quickly rehouse them to prevent homelessness. Rapid rehousing and TBRA connects families and individuals experiencing homelessness to permanent housing. Five cities homeless coalition street outreach engages in face-to-face interaction with people experiencing homelessness on the streets in camps, under bridges, in temporary motels, shelters, mill sites, libraries, county jail, a Royal Grandi hospital, and other locations. The project helps clients overcome system complexities, provides basic necessities, and with a coordinated assessment refers clients to the appropriate services in the community. Five City's homeless coalition shelter services operates the cabins for change in the 30-unit non-congriaballico-ambarca emergency shelters and the winter warming shelter. Sorry winter warming center. In addition to a clean safe place, guests receive case management to assist with overcoming barriers to permanent housing and to identify opportunities. Guests have access to educational sessions to develop life skills including money management, job training, improving their health and assistance applying for appropriate services. Luminel Alliance Shelter Operations provides emergency shelter to support clients and their children who have experienced intimate partner violence and door sexual assault. Clients are offered a variety of wraparound services including a 24 hour crisis and information line, clinical therapy, self-sufficiency planning, referrals, advocacy and accompaniment services.. Lumina Alliance also provides homelessness prevention through housing relocation and stabilization services, such as covering hotel or motel stays, and short or medium-term rental assistance to help survivors remain or obtain safe housing. People's self-help housing supportive services provides clinical social services and case management of the supporting housing program to residents of people's self-help housing's 29 affordable rental properties in San Luis Obispo County. The vast majority of households are classified as very low income earning 50% or less of the area median income. Services are free, confidential, and always optional. And our The majority of households are classified as very low income earning 50% or less of the area median income. Services are free, confidential and always optional and are provided by licensed and associate clinical social workers on site. Services prevent homelessness among some of the areas most vulnerable residents while enhancing housing stability and resiliency. Cascadero Youth Scholarship Program assists low-income families to participate in organized recreation. housing stability and resiliency. The City of a Tascadero Youth Scholarship Program assists low-income families to participate in organized recreation, social, and cultural activities. These families would otherwise be unable to afford the activity fees to participate in the activities of their choice without a scholarship. Families must meet HUD income guidelines to be eligible. The Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Vista County's No Cook Bags Project provides healthy, portable foods designed for the diverse homeless population within the county. Each bag provides a day supply of food which can be safely enjoyed with that access to stove, refrigerator, or kitchen equipment. During 2024, the Food Bank distributed approximately 3,100 bags per month. The Food Bank estimates that current need is approximately 3,970 bags per month. The bags are distributed by community partners including nonprofits, faith-based organizations, law enforcement, social service providers, including the Department of Social Services, behavioral health, probation, and the Sheriff's Department. The following public facilities projects are recommended for funding. Five cities homeless coalitions, recuperative care facility will have 15 non-conquict cabins including on-sweep bathrooms to serve people experiencing homelessness who are medically fragile. The full suite of services will be provided under limited medical supervision to assist people in their recovery. Concurrently, five City's homeless coalition will provide housing navigation services with the intent of exiting guests to permanent housing following their recovery. The City of Etasca deros, V.A. Hogue Camino Barrier removal project will install sidewalks and ADA compliant curb ramps to provide access to the bus stop and city park, benefiting nearby senior and low income farm worker housing. The City of Aroia Grantees wasna wrote ADA Improvement Project will install ADA compliant curb rabs and sidewalks to improve ADA accessibility along wasna road. The City of Morobees ADA Improvement Project will replace non-compliant areas damaged by tree roots in various locations within the city with ADA compliant ramps and sidewalks. The City of Paserobel's Parkview Airport ADA Improvements Project will install ADA compliant curb ramps, median modifications to accommodate an accessible crosswalk, and install a rectangular flashing beacon for the sidewalk. Administration funding is allowed to the county and the cities participating in the urban county for the administration of the CDBG grant. A task and arrow pass robles in San Luis Obispo have requested CDBG Administration funding. Home, ESG and PLHA funds are allocated to the county for the administration of those grants. The City of San Luis Obispo will utilize CDBG funds for planning and capacity building activities for affordable housing projects. The county will utilize CDBG funds to match the continuum Medicare grant for the administration of the homeless management information system. The next steps are as follows. The 2025 through 2029 consolidated plan and the 2025 action plan have been presented today for Board approval. Subrecipients will be notified of the allocations once approval has been received and the county has been notified of the grant HUD grant allocations. The approved consolidated plan and action plan will be submitted to HUD for approval. HUD will approve the plan within 45 days of submission. HUD will execute grant agreements with the county sometime in the fall. The the 2025 program to life, first, 2025 through June 30, 2026. Staff recommends that the board adopt a resolution to approve the 2025 through 2029 consolidated plan and the 2025 action plan, including project allocations funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD, authorize staff to adjust allocations based on the percentage difference between the estimated HUD allocation and the 2025 allocation received. Authorize staff to adjust allocations for approved projects if programming come as available. theal of the 2025 through 2029 consolidated plan and 2025 action plan to HUD, including any authorized adjustment stated herein. Authorize staff to amend the 2025 through 2029 consolidated plan and the 2025 action plan if necessary, due to the release of allocation amounts after the deadline to submit the plans to HUD and submit the amendments to HUD. Second adopt a resolution to approve the homeless serving and prevention projects utilizing the permanent local housing allocation PLHA. funded by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. And third, adopt a resolution approving the 2025 General Friend Projects to support homelessness programs and services. Thank you very much for your time, staff are available for questions. Okay, thank you. Any questions for staff? Seeing I'm going to open public comment, and I will begin by calling up Janet Nichols. I'll buy Jennifer Adams. Good afternoon, board. Pleasure to see you this afternoon. Janine Nichols with the Five Cities Homeless Coalition. I'd like to address a few of the recommendations that are being made today. As you know, Five Cities Homeless Coalition is involved in several of the recommendations being made. One of which is for homeless prevention funds. You were kind enough to allocate funds last month to support this program. And this is an additional allocation from federal sources. I want to let you know that this week, two additional sources for immediate needs from federal funding have been cut. And we will be seeing the impacts for utility assistance moving forward with the elimination of the LI heap program and the emergency food and shelter program, both of which account for several hundred thousand dollars to the county. With regard to our outreach and shelter funding allocation recommendation, we appreciate this. This is part of our ongoing services. It's part of our continuum of care across the county that we share both with Echo and Capslow. This is a portion of what's needed to maintain the continuum. We've obviously talked with you quite a bit about some of the challenges that we're facing. And I want you just to be aware that this is not an expansion, but this is a continuation of the continuum of services that are being offered. With regard to the Recruity Care Program, this program is planned to be adjacent to our existing Baleico-Unbarka shelter, maximizing staffing that we already have in place for that, allowing for expansion. We have already secured another quarter of the funding necessary from St. Cal Health. This will make up approximately half of the funding needed and we have identified two other funding sources to solicit additional funds. Should this be granted? I want to let you know that only six beds currently exist, who are group to care in the county, currently offered through the generosity of Capslow and we are definitely in need of those based on the vulnerability that we are seeing in the aging populations that we see. So with that I urge recommendations being accepted. I do want to note we do not receive enough funding for the no cook bags. We run out of bags monthly. And so I urge support of that program, as well as the issues being faced by Lumen Alliance and their critical role in our community. Thank you. Thank you. Followed by Jennifer Adams. Lovely to see you all again, Jennifer Adam, CEO of Lumen Alliance. We want to thank you for the recommendation of the $33,150 in general funds recommended in the 2025 action plan. This support does make a difference in our ability to serve these very vulnerable community members. I want to provide some context about our impact and the current challenges we're facing. Last year our emergency shelters housed 171 individuals 40% of them were children. and we're proud to say that over 50% of those families successfully transitioned to safe, safe, stable housing. The funding that's being recommended this year provides less than about $200 per person of those 171 people that we housed last year. And the amount that we're receiving is less than about 10% of the $370,000 in general funds that are being allocated today. It's so hard to get up and talk about this because we're, you know, I'm friends with all the leaders of all the other nonprofits, we all work so closely together and we depend on each other and we send our clients back and forth and so it always feels like hunger games up here. You know, talking about yes, but we need more money which means taking money away, you know, it's, I just want to call that out and say that's really challenging. And I have to advocate for luminal alliance and the victims of domestic violence and sexual assault that we're serving. As many of our other nonprofit partners were facing significant funding challenges, 47 percent of our $5 million budget is comprised of federal funds. We've already lost a multi-year transitional housing grant that would have provided us about $400,000 over three years. Jenna already mentioned the loss of the emergency food and shelter program funds and we just were anticipating further cuts. Compounding these difficulties last week, the health and human services at the federal level, those cuts decimated the injury and violence prevention branch within the Center for Disease Control. This department provides a substantial portion of domestic violence and sexual assault funding nationwide. These cuts have put at risk critical funding sources at the worst possible time. Without adequate funding, we are looking at reducing services. Not having our crisis line available 24-7, not having our office open five days a week. And we may even have to face a difficult decision of closing one of our shelters. This would directly impact the community's most vulnerable residents at a time when affordable housing, as we all know, is not available. So, as always, we deeply appreciate the support and the recognition of our work. I always feel very supported by all the members of the board. And we know that you care about victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. I look forward to continuing to work with you to make sure that our these essential services can continue with in our community. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Adams. Wendy Lewis. I'll buy Molly Kern. Good afternoon, board and staff, Wendy Lewis, El Camino Homeless Organization. As Jenny mentioned, these opportunities to come. Thank you for the continued support and what's been recommended to us today. It's always challenging because we have our wonderful colleagues in the room and we all work together so collaboratively and provide services that are so drastically needed. But I am here to also share the need from Echo's perspective. We are looking at some possible changes with things on the federal horizon as well. I think we're all in the same boat and we're all just trying to continue the work with the most effective and as possible. We served over 1,000 people in all of our programs and so really making really good use of taxpayer of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of So we're really working hard to continue those efforts. It takes all of the pieces from someone coming to a meal, someone coming for a shower, someone having a financial literacy class or work for development program. It takes all those different touch points to yield the rewards that we see. And I always like to say each one of those people housed, it's a person. And we have the pleasure of of sharing their stories. They give us the ability to and this past Sunday we had one on our social media on our Sunday successes and her name was Lynette and if you saw Lynette when she first came to us you would not recognize her as now in her house. She had a she shared she had a beautiful home with a pool with the cars and everything on the the outside looked great.. On the inside it wasn't a good living situation. So she had to flee. She couch served for several years, ended up in her car for over 10 years. She took the steps to come to Echo. We worked with her with a workforce plan. She ended up getting an entry-level job at a grocery store and she's now the assistant manager and thriving in her housing. So that's just one of those stories. I also want to share gratitude to all of our partners including the Food Bank. We were one of the recipients of the no-cook bags. I think we get the largest amount so we're forever grateful. We use those for that engagement piece that is so critical to walking up to somebody in an park or an encampment and saying how can I help you today. And so again I just want to share our gratitude to the county, to all of you, to the staff and our partners and highly recommend the recommendations you see today. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Molly Kern. Hello, Charities Lagen, Burn Members. Molly Kern with this low-food bank. I'm really just here ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and go ahead and tags nook and cranny of slow county. And this funding will go directly to purchasing the food that fills these bags. We do a lot of testing and thought to make sure that every bag includes not only the necessary protein, fruits and vegetables, caloric needs, but also that everything tastes really good so that it is actually consumed to try and limit waste and other things that we know can go along with highly packaged foods. And every bag is built by volunteers. So I also, in addition to saying thank you, I want to invite each of you, if you're ever interested in seeing how everything happens, we get to work with nearly 2,000 different volunteers every year who pack and really put not only their heart but their sweat into making all of this happen. Thank you for this partnership. We're so honored to not only get to work with all of your teams, but also so many of the other recipients in these efforts. Thank you. Thank you. Any other public comment, Lauren? Okay. Lauren Raymos. Lauren Raymos, Community Service director. Honorable Chair, thank you, Board. Thank you for your passion and for everything you guys do. You guys don't get thanked enough. So I want to start there. I also wanted to thank the homeless service division staff for all the work they did to get to this point. It's clear when you read through those, there's not enough money. I wash my hands out here in the restroom and I feel like feel like the courthouses on fire across the street and I'm trying to carry water over there to put it out. And I think we're all on the same boat. There's just not enough money right now and I guess the thing I wanted to say is we're going to have to do something different. Sitting at the end of the conveyor belt of grants and hoping there's enough money coming off of it is not working. We're going to need to come together as a community to address homelessness in a new way. We're in the middle of a strategic planning process to align directly with the county plan. We started that in August. It's not fun. We're having tough conversations about what we're not going to do. I made a comment to Jim, and I kind of regret saying it, but I might quit because we're going to be in a situation where I'm going to have to tell a staff to push an 80-year-old woman in a wheelchair to the curb because she's got nowhere else to go. And I'm not going to tell a staff to do that. And I'm not going to do it myself either. But that's where we're all at, is having to make really tough decisions on who we're not going to help and what we're not going to do in the middle of a housing crisis and homelessness crisis in our community. And so I just encourage us to somehow come together. I don't have a great idea for that, but we've got to come together and do something different. This is a drop in the bucket. We're so grateful for it. But it is just a drop in the bucket for what we need to do and what we're trying to accomplish from a home of services perspective. I'll close that part of my comment and I'll go on to adult day. It's a huge part of our community. The master plan on aging called for more adult day services. We are looking at changing our funding model with our current adult day center looking at locations in South County to expand that service as well as our partners with Cal Poly looking at intergenerational care. And how we can serve more people suffering with Alzheimer's dimension their families. And then last one is the minor or the home repair. It is a critical part and it is. Janet mentioned our like heat funding getting funding getting cut. We leverage that funding quite a bit to do home repair and so we're in a place where we're trying to figure out how we can continue that service as well for the community. But again thank you all and I'm here to help out in any other way possible. Thank you. Thank you Lauren. All right. Saying no other public public comment, a closed public comment and bring it back to the board. Madam Chair. Supervisor Gibson. Thank you. I'll get to the recommendations in a minute, but a little bit off topic. I heard a number of speakers. Ms. Nichols, Ms. Adams, Ms. Lewis, reference cuts at the federal level. And I just wanted you all to know that not the next item, but the one after that are board comments and suggestions. And I'd like to, in that segment, I'd like to propose that county staff start keeping track of the kinds of federal cuts that are starting to affect folks that we do business with that affect programs and we'll get to that. I didn't just want to make sure you know if you didn't want to run off there might be a little bit of conversation about that. As to the recommendations, I think they're all basically right. I greatly appreciate's a ton of effort that goes in to fine tuning these. I think this castle reference that the numbers will be rounded, but they are accurate down to six decimal places here. So I know that there's a lot of very fine tuning that has to go on that. I will notice again this and I bring it up from time to time but within the recommendations which I will not oppose right now. There are four projects in four of our cities that are involved in sidewalk improvements and I'm a big fan of ADA improvements and having good sidewalks and pedestrian needs. Met, but I would note that those four projects take an total allocation of $321,000 of CDBG, which could be spent in a lot of different areas. And we've had this conversation before, but just for scale, what caught my eye is that the four sidewalk projects that total $321,000 sit right below the five cities project for a recuperative care center where we invested $341,000. And so it seemed to me that maybe we could have another 10 or 15 beds of recuperative care if we had invested those monies in that direction rather than the other. So what I'd like to do is ask if my colleagues would concur with me to direct our CAO to bring to the city managers meeting a desire to see if we can't redirect their expenditure of CDBG into the regional needs of homelessness, whether that might in fact be part of the MOU. We can talk about that when we get to a motion. Other than that, I'm supportive of what goes on and appreciative of all the work that are partners do. Thank you, Supervisor Gibson. Supervisor Prishal. Excuse me, Supervisor Paul Ding. Thank you, Chair. I echo those comments again and appreciate all the work that each of our non-profit service providers does for the community. Too small of a pie, right? We have so many needs. Look forward to future conversations about what we can do, especially in the context of our budget process. To that point, CDBG funds and cities and how they allocate funding, quick question for staff. We talked a little bit about this yesterday. 15% of the funds, I believe it is, have to go to a particular purpose or 85%. I forget what the ratio is. Can you explain that a little bit? The CDBG in particular 15% is allowable for public services. 20% is allowable for public services 20% is allowable for administration the rest has to go to either housing or public facilities or those types of projects. And the 15% public services can't go towards housing or it could but then you wouldn't have funding for the public services. So for the shelters and I thought you said it was 15% for public services. 15% for public services. Max. Max. Okay. And then 20% for administration. Correct. The balance can go towards public facilities or housing. Okay. So in this particular case, the 300 something thousand that supervisor Gibson mentioned, those cities had discretion to either put it towards an ADA sidewalk improvement or towards a homeless service provider, for example. Yes. Okay. Well, no, housing provider. Housing, not homeless services? Not homeless services. Okay, oh, just a housing provider, okay. All right, that makes sense. Yeah, I think that the direction to the CAO to help facilitate that conversation would be great with clarity around that. Because I remember, for example, when I was a city council member in a row of granda, We had these discussions and I thought we had created a policy that we were gonna make sure that all of our city BG discretionary funds were going directly towards five cities homeless coalition I think maybe that policy changed or maybe I'm forgetting it and correct or not remembering it correctly so anyhow I support the staff recommendation. Thank you Thank you supervisor supervisor Paul Ding Seeing any other lights on supervisor marino. Yeah, I just thank you all for what you do It's inadequate, but thank you The cities I'm not in I'm not opposed to the CAO having a conversation But I also want to respect their local decisions that they're making. And not every city gets, often I can remember in a task at Arrow, we would have no public facilities applications because there wasn't anything going on at that time, or the timing of when somebody needed something, wasn't fit with CD CDBG so we often ended up doing those ADA accessibility projects which otherwise wouldn't be done and continue to hurt those populations. But when we had the applications for facilities, we seriously considered that and that often went first and I do remember awarding those to ECHO in years past. So I'm not opposed to a conversation but I am opposed to the county coming in and directing the cities with what to do. And Supervisor Marino, that wasn't my intent to direct and I don't think we have the authority to direct but we've spent a lot of time forging a regional partnership and dealing with issues of homelessness and there's a lot of facility needs there. To my knowledge, the CDBG can be spent outside the jurisdiction of the city, because we're all in one big urban county, right? Correct. So in terms of regional cooperation, it is first and foremost encouragement to live out the stated goal of collaborating regionally on dealing with homelessness. And again, I have no, no, no, animus against toward ADA improvements, but I think if you look at the number of people served by our facilities that work on homelessness, we're probably going to see more there than we are on the sidewalks and there may be other funding sources. If there are no other lights on Madam Chair, I'm happy to move staff's recommendation. We have one more light on. Sorry. Yep, that's okay. This is my first meeting where I've actually had this discussion about the budget cuts sort of coming, the federal cuts. I just have a feeling we're going to be talking about this for a while, a couple of years, at least. And so all of the organizations that spoke today do a great job in our community. But we're all going to have to tighten our belts because it's the only way to get through this. And so I appreciate your patience and I appreciate your perseverance because it's going to be a tough couple of years. And don't quit. We don't need people quitting. I'm good. Yeah, I'll just note that, you know, we continue to have somewhat of a conversation about this shortage of funding and that you guys are on the front lines. I really appreciate the honesty about what it's like to have to turn somebody away or to not be able to answer the phone or whatever it is they can come that happens every day. I don't know as far as the community coming together, you know, I think we really have to make a big effort on that and try to do something because things are gonna fall through the cracks as we know. And I think that there wasn't a calculation in this report that I could find, but the amount that was requested for each line item, I saw, but the total amount requested versus the total amount that we had to provide, was that in there, Ms. Castle? It was in the presentation. So the total amount requested was... So total requested from all applications was 14.9 million. And we, and of that, we're able to do. A little over 3 million. A little over 3 million. Yep. Okay. So, I mean, that's, you know, that really says it all right there as far as we're at and being able to respond to the needs. And I think the one thing that's really disturbing is that how much, because you have to be here every year asking for money that we never get to really, the part of all the wins that we have that whole year in using that money is kind of lost in the conversation. But the fact is, is that we do have a lot of broken folks, and we have a lot of people who are just in need, working poor all the way down to in crisis of all sorts. And I really want us to try to figure a way forward that's gonna be supportive as a community to look for other funding or ways that we're going to have to contribute. So I look to my colleagues to really start talking about that in a much more concrete manner. Supervisor Paul Dink. Madam Chair, I'll just, you know, I didn't plan on talking about this today, but I think it's probably within the scope of the Brown Act to discuss it since we're talking about funding for all of our nonprofit service providers. But I do think at some point, the county's Hannah Spisbobe does need to go to the voters and ask, hey, what do you care about voters? We have all of these needs, and I really do think that at some point if we were able to tell the story as to potentially what's to come, right? when we have seniors that aren't getting social security or whatever benefit that potentially is in jeopardy in addition to having to shut down shelters and an uptick in homeless or uptick in domestic violence because we can't house those folks. Like if we're able to communicate effectively what that challenge is and actually ask the community to be a part of solving the problem, I think we will be successful. I think one of the things that compounds that from let's say like an initiative to increase our sales tax to fund programs like that is that we are very behind the curve here in slow county. We have not been keeping pace over time like our surrounding regions or even cities here in slow county have raising TOT raising sales tax. In our particular case, we're right there at the bottom, we're at the floor. And so we have public safety needs, the top priorities, making sure that a sheriff's deputy shows up to your house, you know, in an emergency situation or that, you know, a fire engine response. But if we do, if this board does pursue a measure in 2026, which is certainly my goal and something hopefully this board will continue to discuss. After we But if we do, if this board does pursue a measure in 2026, which is certainly my goal and something hopefully this board will continue to discuss, after we have truly right sized the county during our budget process, after we have gone down to the bare minimum based on what, you know, based on our revenues and expenditures that we can afford, I think the community will buy into that vision for being a strong San Luis Mochabot County. And we will be able to reestablish aspirational goals like those codified in our county wide strategic plan and homelessness. But it's going to take the community working together and we need to start these conversations now. I also think there's a role for private philanthropy, you know, for the county to talk about novel things like potentially tapping small amounts of our reserve funds to match with private philanthropy if we're able to do that, which is a very cost effective way to show that we're moving the needle in a fiscal, fiscal, fiscal responsible matter. So I look forward to those discussions in the future. Thank you. Thank you, supervisor Paul Dink. Supervisor Gibson. A moves staff's recommendation with direction to our CAO regarding conversation. for those two those discussions in the future. Thank you. Thank you supervisor Paul Dink. Supervisor Gibson. A moves to ask recommendation with direction to our CAO regarding conversations with the city's heads discussed. Second. Please roll call. Supervisor Gibson. Yes. Supervisor Paul Dink. Yes. Supervisor Fashon. Yes. Supervisor Moreno. Yes, ma'am. And chairperson or tea's like. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Item number 30, a hearing to consider a temporary commercial outdoor entertainment license application from Spartan Race Incorporated for an event to be held at Santa Marguerita Ranch on November 8th and 9th, 2005. All right, good afternoon. Madam Clerk, Madam Chair, members of the board. I am Justin Kool-E from the Auditor Controller, Treasure Tax Collector's Office. Here once again to introduce what I hope will be a very brief introduction to a public hearing for a temporary commercial outdoor entertainment license application by Spartan Race. And so this event is proposed to be a two-day obstacle course race at Santa Margarita Ranch that will occur on November 8th and 9th. In the event of rain there is a plan B for parking that will occur at the Santa Margarita Ranch air strip and they will provide shuttles to the event itself. And if you're getting a powerful sense of deja vu that is because this application is nearly identical to those that the board has reviewed and approved over the last several years. And also, my presentation is nearly identical as well. So this is a map of the proposed location. You can see the Plan A parking. You can see the festival location where the event is said to occur south-south east of 58. I will briefly outline the procedure here under county code 6.56 outdoor events with more than 3,000 anticipated attendees triggers this process and what happens is an application is submitted to the tax collector's office. Our office then routes that application to departments that are required by code to review it and provide recommendations to your board. We then reassemble those recommendations, work with county council to come up with a draft resolution to approve which contains those recommended conditions. And then the role of your board is to hold this public hearing. Consider those recommendations from county staff and agencies. Consider any public testimony if there is any and make and determine whether you can make required findings. I'll talk about those findings in a moment. So under the county code, those departments that are required to provide recommendations are the Department of Planning and Building the Health Agency Agency, public works, and the sheriff. Additionally, we provide it to Cal Fire and the CHP. Cal Fire has also returned some conditions, which we've incorporated into the draft resolution. So today, as part of your role, there are really three paths you can take. You can approve the application as submitted without conditions. You can approve it with the conditions, and again, we recommend those conditions in the draft resolution. Or if you can't make all the findings, you can deny the application. So the code does provide a list of findings that you need to make. Those are also contained in the draft resolution. I will not read these to you, but I will summarize them that essentially you're finding that the application is complete, that the applicant has been truthful in their application. That issuing the license for the event would, that the applicant is capable of meeting all local and state safety regulations, and that the event itself would not pose a health or safety concern to attendees, residents, workers in the area or private property. If you are unable to make all of those findings, that is when your board may deny the license application. And believe it or not, that's it. So to sum up, your board needs to determine whether you can make all the required findings. And if so, our recommendation would be that you adopt the resolution with conditions as specified by county departments. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor Prajohn. Just quick questions. This is the third or fourth time we've done this. I think we're up to five now. Five times. So this would be the fifth time. And it's been a success. I was out there at one of them and brings it a lot of tax revenue through the community. Correct? Yeah, it's you know we're looking at I think in the neighborhood of 5,000 people per day attending you know a lot of them traveling from out of the area and as far as we can tell it's been successful and non-controversial. Fantastic. Thank you. Question to Professor Marino. Yes. On, we have the letter from the Q Deputy Paul, and just in concerns with timely receiving of the security information, is that covered in, I was trying to find which condition was covered in, I didn't know if 29 was it or is that handled in these conditions here? We believe that is handled there. You'll also notice another explicit condition that's been added, which would allow us to revoke a license if we determine that they haven't complied with all those requirements closer to the time of the event. And in part, that's made necessary because we had asked Spartan if they could apply earlier in the year. So we weren't running right up against the deadline of the event. And as part of that there are still some details to be worked out and the sheriff and Cal Fire had some specific requirements that they're asked to meet. Our office coordinates with those agencies as we get closer to the event and make sure that they're meeting all those requirements. Okay, so everybody's on board then. Yes. and yes, very, very good event for our county. Yeah, and I should say too, those additional, more specific additions, the applicant is aware of them and is in agreement as well. Thank you. What's an application cost for something like this? Not nearly enough. So this is one of those situations, it's a little rare in the county where the fees to be collected are actually specified in the code section. This code was adopted. I believe in the late 70s. So for a two day event, you're talking $250 plus $250 times two plus $100. So $600 total. And I can assure you that does not recover the staff time spent on this. Yeah, it's kind of like our vacation rental license that we've been talking about for four years, which is $49 a year. So I mean, this is one of the things that, you know, I, it's very hard to vote yes on things like this at this point when we, when we continue to, you know, push the push this out instead of really trying to address these code changes. So we do other things that raise the prices when it doesn't cover the costs. I don't understand why this hasn't been addressed. So maybe somebody can help me out here. But- You know, if it's the board's direction, we'd be happy to talk with county council and see if that can be altered in some way or added to the regular fee schedule, which is reviewed. Yep, that sounds great. Go ahead, Supervisor Paul Ding. Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, just building on that, I know that every year, I think it's every year we do an annual fee update, right? Or every couple of years. And that's kind of a top down, or not top down, bottom up, top down. We look at everything. So for a category like this,'s a separate ordinance obviously but at some point if our board gave direction look at all the ordinances on the books that should be updated based on common sense standards that would be essentially something novel and that the board hasn't given that level of comprehensive direction to staff is that correct? Yeah, I believe that is correct. And again, this ordinance is a little odd compared to other county ordinances in that the fees are hard coded in the in the ordinance itself from the 70s and we just never reviewed that. Do we know how many other oddities we have like that in the code? I'd have to check with our admin office. I don't know if to top my head. So in terms of changing the application of the three conditions of approval, you cannot. You can include ad hoc fees related to the impacts from the operation of the event on stuff. But you can't necessarily change the application if you just through conditions of approval. There's a process to do that. So. Right. I understand that. Yeah, I know you probably want to give us direction. I do. Are you saying it was a voter approved ordinance? I don't believe so. OK. There's a process to do that. So I understand that. Yeah. I know you probably want to give us direction. I do. Are you saying it was a voter approved ordinance? I don't believe so. OK. So we have the ability to modify the reaction to Woodstock. Yeah. If you look at the ordinance itself, it's very heavily interested in regulating rock concerts. And it's from the late 70s, so it appears to have been intended to grant the board the authority to regulate some sort of woodstock like event for sure. I'm not, and I certainly don't. So it appears to have been tended to grant the board the authority to regulate some sort of woodstock like event for sure I'm not and I don't I certainly don't want to you know pick on you guys It's just that this we don't we we tend to have once in a while we have these things and then we talk about it And then we don't do anything about it. So Provising consent. We just confirming with council and CAO So presumably we could move the feet mentioned in that ordinance off to the feet schedule and just deal with it. Right? We just confirming with Council and CAO. Presumably we could move the fee mentioned in that ordinance off to the fee schedule and just deal with it, right? Yes, you can. Sounds like an ordinary change. Sounds like a no-brainer to me. Okay, well there's a move to do that. Yeah, I'd move approval of this item with the recommended direction outlined by Supervisor Gibson. Second. Sounds like a good idea. Okay. Any other comments? Oh, thank you. Did you take public comment? Business? Pardon me? Public comment. Oh, yes, excuse me. Public comment. Opening it up for public comment. Seeing none. It's closed. Motion holds. Motion holds. Second holds. Okay. Motion is called. Supervisor Pauli? Yes. Supervisor Capson? Yes. Supervisor Pasham? Yes. Supervisor Marano? Yes, ma'am. Interpersonerate he's like. Yes. Okay. Thank you very much. Now we go to our last item, which are there's board member comments or suggestions and let's start with supervisor Gibson. Thank you Madam Chair. As I indicated in the previous item one before that last one, I'm starting to get reports of impacts from cuts that are being promulgated at the federal level in the egregious grab of executive power that the Trump administration has undertaken. And I think it would be in to the benefit of this county if we started to track those impacts. I received in a conversation with a health agency yesterday. I heard tell of two arbitrarily canceled federal grants that were going to affect operations in the health agency. And there was a suggestion of some back filling out of contingency fundings. Obviously, a short thing to say there is that there were going to be some obvious impacts on the county operation. We hear from our nonprofit partners that while it's not the money necessarily that we grant to them directly, that their operation is essentially dependent on other federal monies coming in. And're starting to hear as we did this afternoon those impacts. And so I wonder if the administrative office might be able to set up a process to track those impacts both internal to our county operation and with at least the larger of the nonprofit partners that we contract with. I'd have a couple of ideas, it's certainly facing externally, perhaps a simple form that could be submitted to the county. But I think it would be to our benefit to have all that information in one place, because I think we're gonna start seeing some more of this. I will say that this is an effort that I am pursuing with my fellow officers at CSAC. I think this is something that every county across the country should be doing. It's certainly be advocating when I attend the National Association of Counties meeting in July. And I think the ability to tell the story of what the federal government, what actions at the federal government are doing at the local level is key to correcting what we're seeing as this appalling gutting of especially health and human service programs. I'd include in there especially with our non-profit partners, but I think it's true with our county. Any personal narratives, I think the business of telling exactly how these cuts affect individuals in our community would be important. And I think we need to band with our fellow counties here and further afield in order to make sure these stories are told. So that would be direction staff. I'm happy to converse further with the CAO. I would just hope to have some support from my colleagues that this is an important undertaking. John, the county council, again, the comment section is really for a Q&A, right, for questions to be answered, or to provide direction for future action. Right. Just want to make that happen. That's all what I was doing just now. With no Q is all A. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha edification on how many people are getting hit over the head at this point at any time that we are now going to be dealing with. So Supervisor Prashan. Yeah, I just wanted to answer a constituents' questions about the price of eggs, which came to me. And I did some research. So for January 2024 to January 2025, egg prices did rise 53%. They are the most expensive here in the great state of California, like a lot of other things that we live with, including gasoline. Since the avian influenza outbreak began, the top three egg producing states have lost more than 55 million birds. And so for the constituent that asked me the question, probably prices will come down once the vaccines are introduced to poultry, which is probably a year away. So just wanted to answer those questions. Thank you. Supervisor Moreno. Yeah, I just wanted to congratulate the city of Atascairo on reaccreditation of the Central Coast Charles Patix Zoo. It's been an accredited zoo since the early 90s by the AZA, only about 240 zoos or aquariums are accredited throughout the entire worldwide out of the thousands and thousands of zoos that exist and they are entirely about the preservation of species. So just congratulations to that team. It's a really, it and a big big feat for them to have achieved that. So way to go. Supervisor Paul Dinkiew. Thank you, Chair. I was not clear as to whether the motion made by a supervisor gives any needed to be seconded and a roll call. I completely support that. Well, it really needs to be, you know, to bring back for future actions. So if it's action in and of itself, then it's not agendized. Okay. In terms of- Do you want to refine what you- Is that into a motion? Yeah. So- And then I have one more item after that. I'm going to direct staff to- or a microphone. So I'm on the record. I move the direct staff, admin staff, to develop a means of tracking the impacts of cuts that are to revenue sources, federal revenue sources, and at an appropriate point, bring a report to the board as to what the magnitude and impact of those cuts are. I will second that, and under discussion, I just want to mention that I too agree that what we're seeing is cruel. It's unusual. And I think it is based on a fundamental lack of empathy. And it's putting this country in a world of hurt and the people who live here. So that's my comment at this time. Thank you. Can I ask a question? Yes. Supervisor Gibson, you said that CSAC is currently in the process of tracking this? I'm advocating that CSAC start up process. They're not doing it. They're not doing it. We don't have a formal program there, but I've talked with my fellow officers on a couple of occasions about this. We are going to mount advocacy, internal to the state and through NACO to bring forth the stories of what these impacts are doing at the local level. We think that there's opportunity to, if not persuade, at least inform key congressional representatives that this country is had in a very bad direction. And, well, that's debatable, but I would say that I'd like to see if you would add in that we will track the cuts that the state of California is making also. Yeah. Because that to me is going to directly affect everything that we do here. Well, and that's fine. My target for this is the, again, the abuse of executive power that we're seeing at the federal level. And, you know, the cuts that the state of California makes through the legislative process properly construed is obviously sources of considerable interest for us and will end up affecting our budget. So I think those will come forth quite naturally. But yes, any similar unilateral cut to revenue sources from the state is similarly a negative effect at the local level. My second holds. Okay. All right. On a voice vote, I guess we have to do that right. So supportive for this effort. Hi. Hi. Okay. Good. All right. Next supervisor, Paul Ding. Thank you. I would like to agendaize for a future discussion, extending the overnight camping ordinance that we have or the prohibition on overnight camping in the community of Oshano or in Los Osos palisades, for example, to the community of Nippomo. I'm seeing an uptick in folks camping out in their vehicles, an uptick in constituents, raising concerns. So I would like to extend that prohibition to the community Nippomo question. Yes, question. Does that included the riverbed? At this time, I'm focused on the urban reserve area of Dimpomo. Riverbed is a separate multi-jurisdictional collaborative cleanup process. But I think it still are where they're camping in the riverbed that's still property within the boundaries of San Luis Obispo County. Correct. They just use the services in San Abarra County. I'd be happy to include in my motion staff's recommendations. That'd be great. The riverbed is well. Yeah. And I'll second that in under discussion. Just note that the the ordinances that supervisor Pauline reference in Osiano and of Los Osos pertained to roads to parking, camping on road right of ways. Under that's understood, I know the problems wider than roads. We have public property versus private property and in the post-grants past to consider. Okay, voice vote for support of that. Aye. Aye. Okay, next. Just one last item. The NEPOMO Community Plan process will be kicking off on Saturday, May 3rd at the NEPOMO Library. The meeting starts at 2.30 pm. So I wanted to invite those watching from home to attend. You can also learn more information about this effort at slowcounty.ca.gov forward slash NAPOMO update. Thank you. Very good. Um, brother, no, okay, my turn. Oh, I have a ton. Um, first off, I'd like to bring back, um, I'd like to ask for support to bring back AB 305 on its own from support from this board. I think it's very important as the county that hosts the only nuclear power plant to speak in favor for this technology. Second that. Second. Okay. Voice vote in favor of bringing that back. Yes, yes, no, two, Two nos, three yeses. The second item is a question. Did we go ahead and ask for the catalytic converter stuff to be studied and on it? Yes. Board previously directed our office to look at that. And I'm going to be talking with the sheriff to see what the magnitude of the of what the concern is from his perspective. Sure. Sure. That's okay. It's good. I was just asked for a report on it. So I know another county did approve it. So thank you for that. And then my last one is that I'm very concerned about, round about, in Avala, drive being shut down during the middle of summer at the height of tourist season. So I'd like to ask support for the staff to justify and quantify their analysis on the best timing for that shut down because of the impacts on that. So I'm looking for support on that. Yes, sir. Thank you. So is that for an agenda item? Well, it needs to be done quickly. I'm not sure. I mean, I'm not getting any traction. So I need to find a way to get some traction. Council, my understanding is we can issue direction to staff on any topic at any time, since it's not a decision-making direction. I mean, it is, in the sense that the board collectively is coming together and making a decision on providing directions to staff outside of an agenda's item. So what you can do is you can provide direction for us to bring an item back for actual, for direction. Could I offer one suggestion on the CETI road situation? The direction we gave was for public works to look at pros and cons of, you know, a temporary bridge, whatever it was. In this situation, you're saying, hey, are there alternatives that we can utilize? Please investigate those and give us a comparison of cost impacts. I think- And bring it back to- Staff report putting it on the consent and then we can pull it back- That's fine, yeah. I mean, the idea is to direct us to go do something and then to bring it back to this staff for action, right? Or to the board for action, whether it's on consent, public hearing item, it doesn't matter. Yeah, I've lost one or two legal discussions with council on this, but I mean, we've seen it a lot. And obviously, I'm not in turn, you don't have the frown act in front of me, but the Brown Act covers legislative decisions of the governing board, right? That we direct staff to do something that doesn't amount to a legislative decision, as always, we've always had considerable latitude with that. Just as a matter of efficiency and the need not to clog our agenda. I mean, what I understood here to be the case, if staff has the discretion to make this decision one way or another, it's not really a board legislative matter and so to direct them to consider how they make that decision doesn't seem to mean to need it. I mean, the item that would come back on consent would seem to be a report to the board. received in file essentially wouldn't be an action of the board, would it? The board cannot take action on any item that's outside of that's not that's not agendized. The exceptions to that are two things that can be brief Q&A questions and answers as between the board and staff regarding whatever you know, whatever, whatever, whatever questions you may have. The only other exception is that is you can direct us to bring back an item for the agenda for further action. So to the degree that you are directing staff to do something other than coming back to you for it for action, then that would be an action of itself. So I'd like the CAO to weigh in here and keep some of the direction. I mean, I, you know, I just, I need to have just taken seriously as it needs to be at this point. I think it's we're running out of time to make any China changes in the calendar. So looking for some guidance. Madam Chair, if the board votes to, the majority of the board votes to bring this back, we can have staff come in and give a quick report out similar to how we did Cachetti Road and just give a staff quick staff briefing on the factors that were considered in terms of the timing and the overall project scope just as an update. I appreciate that. Okay. It just needs to be agendas. Okay. Thank you. All right. All right. Well, with that, we really thank everybody for tuning in and being participating and for our staff and their services. We'll see you on the end of April, the 29th. Thank you.